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dotti34 · 29-12-2013, 01:31

This deviates a little from the original concept of the thread, but I have to pick up on a comment made by kestrelx re children and that fat old gentleman.
What is wrong with children living in a fantasy world for as long as they can? Do you have a problem with this? Did you yourself not enjoy a happy childhood full of imagination and wonder? Children grow up quickly enough and too soon have to enter the real world – and what sort of real world is there out there for them? Not that great at times.
Let them be children for their childhood years. Let them believe in magic and fairytales. Watch the joyful anticipation on their faces on Christmas morning as they ask ‘has he been?’ Then tell me again that this is wrong.
Bless all the millions of children who, through circumstances that are quite often man-made, are not able to share this joy, be thankful that ours can.

29-12-2013, 01:31	#92
dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,182 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1471 times Rep Power: 634154	Re: is Christianity a force for good? This deviates a little from the original concept of the thread, but I have to pick up on a comment made by kestrelx re children and that fat old gentleman. What is wrong with children living in a fantasy world for as long as they can? Do you have a problem with this? Did you yourself not enjoy a happy childhood full of imagination and wonder? Children grow up quickly enough and too soon have to enter the real world – and what sort of real world is there out there for them? Not that great at times. Let them be children for their childhood years. Let them believe in magic and fairytales. Watch the joyful anticipation on their faces on Christmas morning as they ask ‘has he been?’ Then tell me again that this is wrong. Bless all the millions of children who, through circumstances that are quite often man-made, are not able to share this joy, be thankful that ours can.