Sheesh, and the ones I, already in the second third of life (however long or short this will be), made yesterday. Good thing I'm not ALWAYS an asshat. Love.
I hear so much compassion in your story. I also see it differently. I was obese as a child and have struggled with my weight all my life. Sure, kids were cruel, and their teasing went way too far, but adults were just as bad. Adults are STILL just as bad. It's because of this that I don't think parents are truly afraid of their children being corrupted by books that teach compassion and inclusivity. Parents don't want those books because PARENTS don't want to feel pressure to change. People don't grow out of being intolerant or being bullies. They learn to pick their targets a little more carefully, but their attitudes about their superiority vs. fat people, or gay people, or people from other countries - those attitudes are unshakable. Unless, of course, their child is educated differently. Then THEY, the parent, has to face their own cruelty. I think the fact that even people who don't have children are part of the anti-inclusivity camp points to it being about THEM. They don't want society at large to revisit past injustice in any form BECAUSE THEY ARE AWARE OF THEIR COMPLICITY AND THEY WANT TO ESCAPE CENSURE. The argument that they are somehow protecting children is just a smokescreen for adults who are entitled bullies. Unfortunately, the attitudes of parents are a stronger predictor of how children will see the world than a chance encounter with a single book, so these folks are generally successful in passing down their malice to the next generation.
I absolutely agree! The parents these days of kids who are in grade school, middle school high school these pants many of the parents are just terrible people. They would back their kid if they slugged their teacher right in the face. My daughter teaches middle school. She has two more years and then she’s on the deck giving this program for working 10 years in a low income school. After that her loans are paid she will likely NOT TEACH anymore. I wasn’t fat as a kid, but I fell off my bike when I was around first grade and broke my two front teeth half off and they had to cap them with silver caps. That was the start of me being made fun of all the time. Thankfully I got them changed going into junior high school. Peace ✌🏻 to you.
Amazing comments here, i think that way too, and I think that when society is confronting these parents who are behaving this way they are buying and playing into their little make believe narratives, and what’s happening is that as a country we are collectively going like “well they are asking to ban things that they don’t know better, or they are unaware that they are being manipulated” I wish we would just stop giving them the benefit of the doubt on this, because it’s not uncommon for those people have social media and all inform them of things, and in that back and forth you can see how they are continuing with their rhetoric. They know better, but like you pointed out, they just just want to participate and do their part in the misinformation campaign. I started posting on my Twitter account for this midterm elections, and it’s like 90% of the time, when I confront their talking point and I start in a manner that I’m just trying to inform them of something, it doesn’t take very long for them to show their true colors about which side they’ve taken in the cultural wars they engage in. One of, if not THE worst thing right now is transphobia, few things boils my blood more than this, I don’t know any transgender personally, but for some reason this is one I can’t take it anymore, people are being evil about this. Just flat out evil. The entire time I’m talking about this on Twitter I’m feeling this frustration and this angst, and I want to just stop engaging and just never looking at it again, but then I remember that I’m not someone dealing with that feeling, of not feeling at home with your own body, I can’t even begin to imagine the feeling some teens must be feeling going through this, they deserve all the support and help in this fight as they can get, and now I know why you have people criticizing and attacking the trans activists, it’s because trans activists are doing their job well! They are not the ones who are wrong in this, and fortunately time is on their side.
Good morning, Rev Ed. I lived with my grandmother for the first five years of my life, and periodically thereafter. She was a wonderful, loving woman (yes, I was her "favorite"). She was also a Spiritualist; had little regard for mainstream religion (but that's another story). And she cared about everyone and everything (I remember her collecting ants on newspaper to move them outside). Because of generational conditions, she left school after third grade and went on to teach herself about everything she could. She read, omg she read! A first generation Bohemian/Italian, she was an outsider, but she refused to find others "different." When my brother came out, she was the first to accept him, just as he was. And she accepted me, just as I was. I so loved your message; she taught me compassion, empathy, and strength. I miss her terribly, even after all these years. Thank you, again. Be blessed.
This video is something only a real man would make. Your humility and vulnerability continue to inspire me. We all need to be careful with our words. Some say every word and every thought is like a prayer.
I've read that if we are created in God's image, then we are all creators. With every word we utter we are putting something into the world. Words are like spells, so we need to be careful how we use them. 🕊️
Thank you for addressing this issue that is so misrepresented by people who are trying to ban books and limit access to thoughts that can no longer be controlled with the internet open to all.
The phrase "And a little child will lead them..." comes to mind. If we're brave enough to be willing to become like children again, then perhaps these books, these ideas may yet take root in our hardened minds, and enable us to be better ourselves.
I've always felt that people who want to "protect" their children from the ideas in "those kinds of books" aren't afraid their children will be ashamed of themselves or who they are, they are afraid their children will come to them asking how this was allowed to happen and, yes, even "why do you behave that way?". Good job, as always.
@@doneestoner9945 Ed's always a very refreshing reminder that I am a creature of love, even amidst mass-shootings and lying, self-hating politicians. I'm glad for you to have found him, Donee. Love.
I cannot teach my children lessons that I do not know or understand. That does not mean I don't want them to learn about it. Reading books is a great learning method.
I have said it before here on your channel and it is something I was taught in Catholic School. Suffering teaches us compassion. When you read, for example, The Diary of Anne Frank or To Kill a Mocking Bird or Huckleberry Finn or you watch your cousin suffer with who they are while you are growing up - you suffer a bit for the characters or persons and thank God it helps us to be more compassionate. We are all born with self interest, compassion is a learned behavior and it is our parents and societies job to help us to learn it. The more it is taught and learned the better the world will be. Thank you Father.
Perhaps suffering gives us the opportunity to learn compassion, but it isn't guaranteed. The attitudes that people bring with them can skew a chance to learn into just another example of how they are being persecuted, or it can teach them to be greedy so that they never have to be the one that goes without. The more rigid someone is, the more black and white their thinking tends to be, the less likely they are to take any learning from life events. Open hearts tend to respond more readily to opportunities for growth.
My mom remarried when I was 8. I adored my step dad. When I reached my early teens I started to recognize the way he talked about people with different backgrounds, the derogatory terms he used for anyone who was not of white English-speaking ancestry. It made my skin crawl and I rejected his thinking. Kids repeat what they hear and the first influence upon their lives are adults, family members. Those who reject letting their children be exposed to other ideas do so because they fear their views will be rejected, their prejudices being rejected and having to look at themselves to figure out why. Let the children read. Let them experience the beauty of the world. We can make it a better place if we do.
Remember that our parents and grandparents were children of their times. Rest assured that we're doing things today which seem perfectly innocent but which our descendants will shudder to acknowledge.
@@georgedunn320 that may be, but as I said children First learn from their parents. Those who are not exposed to other means of thought often continue the patterns of their early influences, which is why we are still battling these issues. Add in the expansion of those harmful attitudes into & from church pulpits and we have a setup for terrible outcomes. I fear those future generations are headed towards looking at those trying to break the hate/intolerance cycle as the ones in the wrong.
@@amyturpen4726 Well, tolerance can go either way. It usually reflects economics and perception of abundance or scarcity of resources whether a society becomes more inclusive or more restrictive. As America and Western Europe have been in a generally long-haul pattern of increasing wealth, they can "afford" to be more ecumenical; when times are hard, attitudes tend more toward parochialism. If times get tough and stay that way, not unlikely due to the exhaustion of resources and/or such extreme concentrations of wealth that humanity begins its bifurcation into the Eloi and the Morlocks, we could see pushback against all kinds of equality "gains," as whichever factions hold power decide there's not enough for everybody.
I confess that I was a terrible bully when I was in school (trying to mask my own insecurities). Now as an adult who has found forgiveness through Christ and a daily conversation with God through the Holy Spirit, I have no problem expressing compassion or accepting people who are different from me. As an adult I understand that history is written by the victor, so every history book has some slant to it, often unintended. But people who are trying to overcompensate for slanted history by rewriting history and fabricating another version are wrong. Also, are you aware that some of these school books which are written to teach tolerance actually go into graphic detail about how to perform varied sex acts. Not something to teach any school children. Also, public displays of nudity and giant sex toys by MILITANT gays do not help to create an appreciation for those with a different sexual orientation. Perhaps you are unaware of the drag queen story hours that are being propagated at public libraries across the fruited plain. The book burnings you refer to are likely a reaction to the militant corruption of children. Mr Rogers never needed to dress up like a black man to teach love and acceptance.He simply washed and dried the feet of a black man. Though he was somewhat controversial for his generation, we revere him as a hero who was able to gently challenge social norms.
I thought one of the most important things a parent can do, is to teach compassion and empathy........ to be able to 'walk in someone else's shoes'. Books are an important way of seeing life through someone else's eyes.
Human diversity is awesome, love peace and harmony, knowledge is eye opening! And history is our GREATEST TREASURE, and our love for each other! Thank you for this opportunity to share a VERY VALUABLE LESSON IN HUMBLE HUMILITY, A lesson in LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR OTHERS FEELINGS! ❤ Again LOVE PEACE AND HARMONY Y'AL ❤
I just want to thank you for being my voice of reason. I have a lot of Hurt, Anger and Frustration of the way the world is. I meditate. I believe in Jesus. Yet I sometimes need a friend, or a voice from far away to ground me in what I truly believe. I want PEACE. With people, nations, MYSELF.
Strangely, your video actually helped me find compassion and forgiveness for the kids who said mean things to me when I was a child. I realized that like you, when you called your grandmother fatso, many of those kids were just repeating words they had heard from others. They may not have realized how hurtful they were being. I live in the same community I grew up in and throughout my adulthood would run into people I grew up with. As adults they were often nice to me and didn't even seem to remember how awful they were as kids. I never let them know that I remembered, because it would have seemed petty and probably was. All I know is that their comments affected my self esteem even when I was older, through my teens and even early twenties. I hope kids today are exposed to books and other educational materials that will help them to be compassionate and empathetic human beings.
When it comes to the history of slavery, and what happened to the indigenous people, all over the world, absolutely must be told. With this knowledge, perhaps the next generation will ensure that our society makes sure that reperations are made for what happened. It's important that this happens so that we can truly move on, and make up for what past generations did. What conservatives are doing is purely political, and that just pisses me off. It's extremely important for them to understand what happened, and like you stated, so that they learn empathy, and compassion. Yes, there will be some feelings of guilt, I often have them, but give these kids some credit. Same with the other books that teach about different people, and how they are just like us. I'm so tired of the division being pushed by conservatives. It's absolutely exhausting, and does nothing but stop society from getting better, and more equitable. As always, I will be sharing this video. Even if it reaches only one person, it's worth it. ❤️🌵☀️⛈️🌈☮️🐎
When I was a kid, Polak jokes were all the rage. We weren't sure where they came from (there was an official Polish joke book which was one of a series of racial / cultural joke catalogues that tried to be light-hearted about it. Other than processing my own racism, it lead me to a deep dive about Poland and Poles, specifically why a whole like of jokes were had about their incompetence. I have two of my favorite stories regarding Polish cleverness: One was of Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski who reconstructed the Enigma Cypher Machine in 1932 and worked out how it was being used at the time to encrypt messages between German ministries, by 1939 down to the wire (two weeks before Operation Fall Weiss) they met physically with Allied intelligence, delivering them operating Enigma machines (the versions available at the time) and comprehensive encryption/decryption protocols, which gave Bletchley Park a considerable leg up on cryptanalysis of Axis Enigma communications. The other was the Armia Krajowa or Polish Home Army, who developed a Molotov Cocktail that didn't need to be lighted. Sulfuric acid was added to the fuel, and the wick on the outside was coated with crystalized potassium chlorate and sugar. The chemical reaction caused when the bottle shattered would provide the heat and the flash necessary to ignite the fuel. All this raised a question why Poles were so disparaged, and it seems similar to the way Koreans are thought of as a lesser people by their neighboring peoples. Poland and Korea are both highly contested regions, historically held by one of two or three nearby empires as a buffer between themselves and belligerent empires, so they both have long histories of never quite having enough autonomy to decide their own destiny. The bad jokes are a product of imperialists disregarding the people who live there in the process of justifying conquest and occupation for their own interests. It's a rough lot, being a small people whose resources are coveted by bigger nations.
Thanks. This was enlightening. I always thought the jokes were a response to all the dumb lyrics in those polka albums my Polish relatives were always playing. "Round and firm and fully-packed, it was hanging on the rack, who stole the keishka, ha ha ha ha ha." "In heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here." Etc.
These books help our kids find empathy and learn compassion but help those who feel lost and alone.They are not alone. We are all in one community. These books should connect us and not yet again divide us.
I ty to explain this to my children. my youngest is 27. Can you imagine if I had the internet, this knowledge of Every Person From Around The World... I don't believe we would be living the way we do know. So as much as Things are progressing, please understand where People are coming from.. From where they are. Be Better. Do Better.
thank you for being a servant of God. you exemplify "you shall know them by their fruit" and move me with every vid. you give me hope and strength to overcome the selfish, materialistic society we have made for ourselves. i thank God for you. thank you for bringing the light with you to this often superficial platform. thank you for your continual focus on living the life. you are much loved.
In regard to the book banners, an old-timer was once asked by a pigeon why he felt guilty. Francis responded, because you are guilty. Conservatives need that twinge in order to change, much the same way your grandmother saw the need to improve her health, even though you were just being a kid.
Thank you for offering these short but important online sermons. You talk about things that really matter and I appreciate it. Because the churches in my area are against everything I believe in your podcast is my substitute for attending church services. I'm not and never have been Catholic but it doesn't matter. What matters is your message speaks to my heart and soul so thank you once more.
I love your teachings, I hope enough Americans hear your message that they vote accordingly. I live in the UK and see us following the American way. May God bless you for telling the truth 🙏
"We need to keep these Confederate statues up because of history!" "So, should we teach the kids about what they actually did?" "Woah, not so fast, hippie!"
60+ years ago, growing up in a small Rhode Island town, my buddies and I, all of 7 or 8 years old, used to referr to a local street maintenance worker as "elephant"... to his face as we scrambled pass. He was a very large man, none of us knew him, but I wonder what our unkindness did to this man. Ugghhhh. Thank you, Rev Ed.
It's crazy to think about how ignorant I was, and this helps me to understand that there are probably a million other things I am still ignorant about. But through seeking the kingdom and loving God and others I can fearlessly continue to grow and connect with others that His Kingdom Come and His will be done.
I think sometimes the truth is more that these books delivering messages of inclusion and books that shine a light on history actually make the adults feel guilty and troubled. The kids are just a useful tool to mask their own feelings. They want the messages and perspectives gone so that they, the adults, can retreat back to the comforting embrace of what they were taught
We hear so often about parents wanting their kids to have a better life than they did, and I have no issue with that, it's a worthy goal. Equally as important, however, is that I want my kids to be better than me.
This is a really Timely teaching that has helped me out a lot. Much of what I'm seeing from certain people within Christianity has me considering leaving it all together. But this gives me hope that things can be better and that there's a different way of looking at things
As an American and a grandmother I truly understand what you're saying and what I've learned and I have seen as many Americans are so angry and hateful and have no empathy Jesus taught if someone asks you to go on Mile with them go two
Thank you Rev. Ed. When I was a kid the summer reading program is where we all went. Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys were fan favorites back then. We were also exposed to all the classics. Hard to fathom young people having to fight for books to not be banned. Books are such learning tools for empathy, values and understanding history.
I have been a Christian my entire life. I have also been a lover of books since I was a child. I am against any practice ( book burning) that hinders the free market of ideas 💡
My grandfather was the most important person in my life with my father being the next most important. None of the women in my family were anything like the tender, loving and empathetic people the men in my family were. Unfortunately they are long gone which is something to be expected by the time you reach my age. I'm lucky enough to have two absolutely wonderful sons who are both in their forties. The youngest would have been a very good father but chose not to have children because of climate change. Now he's even more glad to have made what was a painful choice for him because our country is in danger of slipping into a fascist dictatorship with Christian nationalism as our national religion although our constitution calls for a secular government.
I am blessed with an 8 year old granddaughter. her public school is multi racial and she does not distinguish or denigrate any of her classmates. She just plain and simply does not know or see any difference. She is my sunshine ❤
Kwe. I do not believe that all parents truly want their children to be better than themselves. Sometimes they are afraid that their children will develop a different viewpoint and grow away from them. Or judge them. And some pastors are exactly the same. The book-burning pastors. Nmultis.
Rev Trevors, You made a comment about parents wanting their children to have more and become more than themselves. I certainly agree with you that it should be this way, both the desire of parents and the success of children. However, I don't believe the book banners/burners truly feel this way. They do NOT want their children to become more evolved than themselves. They want immortality through their offspring "clones." They want their own biases, ideas, and beliefs to live forever through their successive generations. When a book, a school, or a teacher, or a pastor like you, exposes their offspring to ideas that could potentially cause such spiritual or even just social growth in their offspring as to enable them to surpass their parents, or simply not carry on their biases, ideas, or beliefs you are threatening their desired immortality. You might as well be holding a fully loaded AR-15 to their heads with your finger on the trigger. And that is why these people are reacting as they are with escalating violence, and escalating hysterical and utterly insane claims. May God bless every person on Earth with the fully conscious and permanent awakening to our own respective true divine souls and dissolve all ignorance and falsehood.
By removing the books, it will only keep children ignorant about others, and will facilitate bigotry and hate. By removing the books and burying their head in the sand, those people who area different cease to exist. (Sarcasm) People who are different from you will still be there and want the same things as everyone else. The people who push this movement of restricting materials or teachings are taking us backward. You bring your child up with respect for others, and let them decide when they are adults what they like and don't.
There used to be a girl in my neighborhood that for some reason the boys called " the triple arch deluxe"( a hamburger) she was a very nice girl just a little chunky. I am actually still friends with her and used to ask my brothers not to call her that but I was just as guilty of using these kinds of nicknames for other kids too. We even used to tease my uncle and call him " fat boy"( he was our legal guardian) now as an adult after he has passed away I regret that but I know that he lovec us and we loved him ❤
I keep thinking that, if someone keeps feeling guilty, maybe they need to do a little self-reflection and decide, within themselves, if they're really doing things that are worth feeling guilty about. When you think about it, guilt exists to give us warning signs that maybe we're not acting right or we're not having a good effect on other people or there's something in our lives that we're neglecting. Trying to ignore feeling that isn't a healthy idea. If you're feeling bad about anything, pay attention to why you feel that way and consider if there's something in your life that needs to be adjusted. That's being an adult and taking personal responsibility. If, when you consider yourself and your life, you conclude that your feelings don't come from things you're doing but from things that other people have done, then say so and point out better examples to the younger generations. Then, you can feel good that you saw a situation, that you considered it and understood it, and acted on it with fortitude.
Thank you Rev Ed for your very timely message ... it helped me recall a couple of of my own memories. "Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned (doomed) to repeat it" .. George Santayana "Read in order to live" ... Gustave Flaubert The first memory was when my son, who was in highschool at the time (the 1990s) .. He came to me with a question?? .. It was about slavery and guilt. His question was .. "Why should we have to feel guilty about something we had nothing to do with??" ... something he had heard in school. My immediate response was ... "We remember son for the "consciousness of a nation" .. to be awake and aware of our humanity, the world, ourselves including those feelings of sorrow and sadness of what we are capable of to our fellow human beings and must be vigilant against !!! Also, recalled another memory .. being 18 yrs. old when I first read ... 'Night' .. by Elie Wiesel on the tragedy of the "Holocaust" ... I recalled what it made me feel and what it taught me about .. Compassion, Tolerance, Prejudice, Diminishing others, Scapegoating, and the Inflicting of Suffering (and YES even death), on our fellow human beings ... The exact opposite of what I came to understand more and more over time of our humanity and what it is to be truly humane !!! Thank you again Rev. Ed for all your very needed and timely messages !!!
It's okay to feel bad for those who were enslaved. It's okay to understand the ways that that enslavement has impacted those families over time, in just a handful of generations.
I have no sympathy for those who spew hatred and fear deliberately forgain but I feel for those caught up in that fear. What miserable lives they must have .
Thank you for this. History is a great teacher, but only when it is honestly presented rather than used as a tool to form a society. Guilt is for the person who committed the act, not their children. The Bible says the sins of the fathers will be visited on the children and that has been twisted. Perhaps the Bible was saying that if a generation exploits another race with slavery the children should make reparations. We all know how well that would go down today. I think the Bible says the children should recognize the wrongs done and take responsibility for not repeating them.
My mother hated me fact that I had many native American friends, a few black friends and some Jewish friends but neither my father or grandfather objected. When I learned in school about the horrible slave ships, the ownership of our fellow human beings, the genocide of the Native Americans and what the Jewish people went through including the Holocaust I learned how much empathy I am capable of. I love both humans and animals deeply. I can't eat meat because of the way farm animals are treated in factory farms and the terror they must feel awaiting their turn to die in the slaughter house.
You know my grandma taught me all about slavery in the United States before I started school. I don't remember feeling " guilty" personally. I just remember thinking " wow the world has changed a lot". Kids are smarter than adults give them credit for.
They are trying to tell them that we're all God's children and should not be shamed because of the color of our skin or who we love and to try to end hate.
Obviously the adults in charge at home and school did not teach you morality or to bite your tongue rather than blindly mimic bullies. Did you ever tell your grandma, "I love you just the way you are!"? Hateful words always destroy the victim and bully who said them!
Metaphysics 101 Transforming frowns into smiles is smarter than turning lead into gold. And transforming heaven (peace) into hell (war) is more ignorant (dead) than turning gold into lead. Magic and metaphysics should be taught before science and physics.
Children should be exposed to books that tell the truth about issues compatible w age level understanding. They should not be perverse, and dont encourage or celebrate gender change, etc., Neither should they promite discrimination of dif in persons. In a word, they should be more like the earlier literature in schools w out mentioning same sex parents, etc., ?
At age 7 the frontal cortex develops that empathy is developer. You were early . Mine was my mom caught me with a playboy and my mother said how would you feel if your. Friends were looking at pictures of her . SOB I still cringe thinking about it.
Where did the frontal cortex come from? Who programmed it's development ? Who created it's purpose? Could this be the same creator who gave us moral laws, free will, the first man and woman marriage and offspring. So many first in their perfect order. As this great creator what about the laws to help us understand right from wrong? Is it possible that we reject the possibility of a God (who's wrath is upon us at birth because we are born into sin) because we want to create God in our own image? Is it possible that due to rejecting God the world has lost its way and we see an increase in violence, suicides, drug use, domestic violence, sexual violence, stress disorders, divorce, abortions ( a taboo word), global conflict, family dysfunction, governments that rob and pillage their citizen, and the list goes on and on. How comforting to hear a man of the cloth who accepts all things and in doing so allow justification for all manner of things which in turn opens up a door unlimited, which all manner of are accepted. Well if it's ok for men to love men and be sexually intimate and the same for women ( after all I am born that way) men to dress and surgically have parts remove and other parts added and women too. What about an adult man or woman who has a sexual attraction toward children? Their argument is no different I am born that way and therefore just as the LGBTQ and Trans I too should be allowed to express and partake in what is an innate part of my being and intimately love children? Hmmm. Slippery slope leading into a deep rabbit hole there. Maybe God inspired the writing of the book of love ( the bible ) so we can avoid the dangers of free will without structure. He then out of mercy sent us his perfect Son to die and take the entire sin of the world so that we can through the perfect Son and accepting him as Lord be once again be made righteous (when covered by Jesus) and be reunited with our heavenly father. Our battle is spiritual, God bless and Love you all
@@James-oo8uu the frontal cortex is where our conscience is it develops at age 7 according to the scientists studying the human mind. Now is your opening to say something brilliant like THEY AREN'T EXPERTS or something equally rediculous
@@timerickson7056 not at all. Question is still the same. Not the function but the fact that it exist at all and the awesomeness of its function. What an awesome God we have believer or not, makes him no less awesome.
A friend and I quarrelled over a comedy show, Chewing the Fat. Some of the sketches were dirty and demeaning, he thought them bold & original. There is an element of indoctrination in some books. Children have been sexualised and in some cases it is a form of mental abuse. It is sinister.
That's exactly the reason why the new literature mustn't be forbidden and also why the grown-ups must read the books, too, and discuss them with the children, while learning a thing or two.
@@howardcohen6817 You are confusing censorship with the concern that gender ideology is being engineered into school libraries. The most open-minded parents are concerned about this, the last people who would censor books dealing with racism & bullying. In the 1970s a group called the Paedophile Exchange made inroads into the British Labour Party with soft support from The Guardian. This group of people were saying that sexualising children is not such a bad thing, they failed to find support and went underground. When parents question the sexualisation of very young children in books the promoters of those books play the censorship card. What happened to critical theory? Is the cultural left not to be questioned about anything? The attack on the family came from the Left. The elite who run the BBC said that families with a mother and father was old-fashioned, now homosexuals could a baby or toddler. The Left will not stop until binary has been outlawed. Gender reassignment clinics perform surgery on children in California.
I meant to write that now homosexuals could adopt babies and toddlers. The gay lobby demanded this and anyone who questioned its wisdom was told they were homophobic and would lose their job. Research shows that children with a mother and father are better adjusted. There is never any shortage of women who want to adopt.
@@johnhaggerty4396 I'm not saying anything of the sort; please stop putting words onto my paper. I'm not at all interested in defending anything you are attacking, here nor willing to support your arguments, either. I was making the point that it's important for the adults to read, discuss and learn with their children, when and if their kids read something. I haven't been to school in many years, but assume that the English-teachers still assign about four books/year for the children to read. These will undoubtedly be ones of high literary value and of cultural relevance.
@@howardcohen6817 I am delighted you are not interested in defending anything I am attacking so what is the issue with censorship? No one wants to censor children's books which tackle racism, bullying, or body size issues. So what is this 'new literature' ?
You are reminding us of what the Lord Jesus Christ would say, Shihyu. Small children are being sexualised and corrupted by all manner of things. In London a clinic has been closed after 15 years; ithad been providing beta-blockers for teenagers prior to sex-change surgery. Children as young as five were being counselled about their gender identity. Publishers are cashing in with LGBTQ picture books.
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Wild how these things stay with you. I’m haunted by the ghosts of mistakes young me made 30+ years ago.
Sheesh, and the ones I, already in the second third of life (however long or short this will be), made yesterday. Good thing I'm not ALWAYS an asshat. Love.
I hear so much compassion in your story. I also see it differently.
I was obese as a child and have struggled with my weight all my life. Sure, kids were cruel, and their teasing went way too far, but adults were just as bad. Adults are STILL just as bad. It's because of this that I don't think parents are truly afraid of their children being corrupted by books that teach compassion and inclusivity.
Parents don't want those books because PARENTS don't want to feel pressure to change. People don't grow out of being intolerant or being bullies. They learn to pick their targets a little more carefully, but their attitudes about their superiority vs. fat people, or gay people, or people from other countries - those attitudes are unshakable. Unless, of course, their child is educated differently. Then THEY, the parent, has to face their own cruelty. I think the fact that even people who don't have children are part of the anti-inclusivity camp points to it being about THEM. They don't want society at large to revisit past injustice in any form BECAUSE THEY ARE AWARE OF THEIR COMPLICITY AND THEY WANT TO ESCAPE CENSURE. The argument that they are somehow protecting children is just a smokescreen for adults who are entitled bullies.
Unfortunately, the attitudes of parents are a stronger predictor of how children will see the world than a chance encounter with a single book, so these folks are generally successful in passing down their malice to the next generation.
I absolutely agree! The parents these days of kids who are in grade school, middle school high school these pants many of the parents are just terrible people.
They would back their kid if they slugged their teacher right in the face.
My daughter teaches middle school.
She has two more years and then she’s on the deck giving this program for working 10 years in a low income school. After that her loans are paid she will likely NOT TEACH anymore.
I wasn’t fat as a kid, but I fell off my bike when I was around first grade and broke my two front teeth half off and they had to cap them with silver caps.
That was the start of me being made fun of all the time.
Thankfully I got them changed going into junior high school. Peace ✌🏻 to you.
Amazing comments here, i think that way too, and I think that when society is confronting these parents who are behaving this way they are buying and playing into their little make believe narratives, and what’s happening is that as a country we are collectively going like “well they are asking to ban things that they don’t know better, or they are unaware that they are being manipulated” I wish we would just stop giving them the benefit of the doubt on this, because it’s not uncommon for those people have social media and all inform them of things, and in that back and forth you can see how they are continuing with their rhetoric.
They know better, but like you pointed out, they just just want to participate and do their part in the misinformation campaign.
I started posting on my Twitter account for this midterm elections, and it’s like 90% of the time, when I confront their talking point and I start in a manner that I’m just trying to inform them of something, it doesn’t take very long for them to show their true colors about which side they’ve taken in the cultural wars they engage in.
One of, if not THE worst thing right now is transphobia, few things boils my blood more than this, I don’t know any transgender personally, but for some reason this is one I can’t take it anymore, people are being evil about this. Just flat out evil. The entire time I’m talking about this on Twitter I’m feeling this frustration and this angst, and I want to just stop engaging and just never looking at it again, but then I remember that I’m not someone dealing with that feeling, of not feeling at home with your own body, I can’t even begin to imagine the feeling some teens must be feeling going through this, they deserve all the support and help in this fight as they can get, and now I know why you have people criticizing and attacking the trans activists, it’s because trans activists are doing their job well! They are not the ones who are wrong in this, and fortunately time is on their side.
Good morning, Rev Ed. I lived with my grandmother for the first five years of my life, and periodically thereafter. She was a wonderful, loving woman (yes, I was her "favorite"). She was also a Spiritualist; had little regard for mainstream religion (but that's another story). And she cared about everyone and everything (I remember her collecting ants on newspaper to move them outside). Because of generational conditions, she left school after third grade and went on to teach herself about everything she could. She read, omg she read! A first generation Bohemian/Italian, she was an outsider, but she refused to find others "different." When my brother came out, she was the first to accept him, just as he was. And she accepted me, just as I was. I so loved your message; she taught me compassion, empathy, and strength. I miss her terribly, even after all these years. Thank you, again. Be blessed.
Thank you for sharing. I love your Mother! ♥️
@@morthanalittle Thank you so much. Mother had little use for me; I was so blessed to have my grandmother!. Have a blessed day.
This video is something only a real man would make. Your humility and vulnerability continue to inspire me. We all need to be careful with our words. Some say every word and every thought is like a prayer.
I've read that if we are created in God's image, then we are all creators. With every word we utter we are putting something into the world. Words are like spells, so we need to be careful how we use them.
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Thank you for addressing this issue that is so misrepresented by people who are trying to ban books and limit access to thoughts that can no longer be controlled with the internet open to all.
The phrase "And a little child will lead them..." comes to mind. If we're brave enough to be willing to become like children again, then perhaps these books, these ideas may yet take root in our hardened minds, and enable us to be better ourselves.
I've always felt that people who want to "protect" their children from the ideas in "those kinds of books" aren't afraid their children will be ashamed of themselves or who they are, they are afraid their children will come to them asking how this was allowed to happen and, yes, even "why do you behave that way?". Good job, as always.
"Hey, Dad, you were alive when this happens, how did you react to it?"
"Uh, go to your room!"
It is wonderful to hear such true Christian words.
The world feels a tad warmer, now. Thanks, Ed. Love.
He fills me with love.
@@doneestoner9945 Ed's always a very refreshing reminder that I am a creature of love, even amidst mass-shootings and lying, self-hating politicians. I'm glad for you to have found him, Donee. Love.
I wish your messages would reach the people who need to hear them. I am frustrated by the judgment and hate by so called Christians.
I cannot teach my children lessons that I do not know or understand. That does not mean I don't want them to learn about it. Reading books is a great learning method.
Good morning Reverend, thank you for this.
I have said it before here on your channel and it is something I was taught in Catholic School. Suffering teaches us compassion. When you read, for example, The Diary of Anne Frank or To Kill a Mocking Bird or Huckleberry Finn or you watch your cousin suffer with who they are while you are growing up - you suffer a bit for the characters or persons and thank God it helps us to be more compassionate. We are all born with self interest, compassion is a learned behavior and it is our parents and societies job to help us to learn it. The more it is taught and learned the better the world will be. Thank you Father.
Perhaps suffering gives us the opportunity to learn compassion, but it isn't guaranteed. The attitudes that people bring with them can skew a chance to learn into just another example of how they are being persecuted, or it can teach them to be greedy so that they never have to be the one that goes without. The more rigid someone is, the more black and white their thinking tends to be, the less likely they are to take any learning from life events. Open hearts tend to respond more readily to opportunities for growth.
Thank you for being you! Take care of yourself I see the heaviness in your eyes.
Thank you for the beauty and expansivness of your vision. Thank you for sharing it.
Much love!
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It's okay for our children to be better than we were; to have superior perspectives and thought processes than we've had.
My mom remarried when I was 8. I adored my step dad. When I reached my early teens I started to recognize the way he talked about people with different backgrounds, the derogatory terms he used for anyone who was not of white English-speaking ancestry. It made my skin crawl and I rejected his thinking.
Kids repeat what they hear and the first influence upon their lives are adults, family members.
Those who reject letting their children be exposed to other ideas do so because they fear their views will be rejected, their prejudices being rejected and having to look at themselves to figure out why.
Let the children read. Let them experience the beauty of the world. We can make it a better place if we do.
Remember that our parents and grandparents were children of their times. Rest assured that we're doing things today which seem perfectly innocent but which our descendants will shudder to acknowledge.
@@georgedunn320 that may be, but as I said children First learn from their parents. Those who are not exposed to other means of thought often continue the patterns of their early influences, which is why we are still battling these issues. Add in the expansion of those harmful attitudes into & from church pulpits and we have a setup for terrible outcomes. I fear those future generations are headed towards looking at those trying to break the hate/intolerance cycle as the ones in the wrong.
@@amyturpen4726 Well, tolerance can go either way. It usually reflects economics and perception of abundance or scarcity of resources whether a society becomes more inclusive or more restrictive. As America and Western Europe have been in a generally long-haul pattern of increasing wealth, they can "afford" to be more ecumenical; when times are hard, attitudes tend more toward parochialism.
If times get tough and stay that way, not unlikely due to the exhaustion of resources and/or such extreme concentrations of wealth that humanity begins its bifurcation into the Eloi and the Morlocks, we could see pushback against all kinds of equality "gains," as whichever factions hold power decide there's not enough for everybody.
I confess that I was a terrible bully when I was in school (trying to mask my own insecurities). Now as an adult who has found forgiveness through Christ and a daily conversation with God through the Holy Spirit, I have no problem expressing compassion or accepting people who are different from me. As an adult I understand that history is written by the victor, so every history book has some slant to it, often unintended. But people who are trying to overcompensate for slanted history by rewriting history and fabricating another version are wrong. Also, are you aware that some of these school books which are written to teach tolerance actually go into graphic detail about how to perform varied sex acts. Not something to teach any school children. Also, public displays of nudity and giant sex toys by MILITANT gays do not help to create an appreciation for those with a different sexual orientation. Perhaps you are unaware of the drag queen story hours that are being propagated at public libraries across the fruited plain. The book burnings you refer to are likely a reaction to the militant corruption of children. Mr Rogers never needed to dress up like a black man to teach love and acceptance.He simply washed and dried the feet of a black man. Though he was somewhat controversial for his generation, we revere him as a hero who was able to gently challenge social norms.
Good morning Rev. Ed . I like the way you see the world and spread a positive message. Thanks.
What a wonderful message. Thank you Reverend. Be blessed this day as you have blessed so many of us that hear you.
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Good morning, Wendy, Ed and all. Love.
What a moving reflection and message. I hope that many hearts are open enough to embrace it.
I thought one of the most important things a parent can do, is to teach compassion and empathy........ to be able to 'walk in someone else's shoes'. Books are an important way of seeing life through someone else's eyes.
Thank you, Reverend Ed for this. As a former teacher, I truly appreciate your message.
Human diversity is awesome, love peace and harmony, knowledge is eye opening!
And history is our GREATEST TREASURE, and our love for each other!
Thank you for this opportunity to share a VERY VALUABLE LESSON IN HUMBLE HUMILITY, A lesson in LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR OTHERS FEELINGS! ❤ Again LOVE PEACE AND HARMONY Y'AL ❤
I just want to thank you for being my voice of reason. I have a lot of Hurt, Anger and Frustration of the way the world is. I meditate. I believe in Jesus. Yet I sometimes need a friend, or a voice from far away to ground me in what I truly believe. I want PEACE. With people, nations, MYSELF.
Love.
Love.
we have power over others, even when we don't know...
and we all know what come with great power...
When you know better, you do better!
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Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Strangely, your video actually helped me find compassion and forgiveness for the kids who said mean things to me when I was a child. I realized that like you, when you called your grandmother fatso, many of those kids were just repeating words they had heard from others. They may not have realized how hurtful they were being. I live in the same community I grew up in and throughout my adulthood would run into people I grew up with. As adults they were often nice to me and didn't even seem to remember how awful they were as kids. I never let them know that I remembered, because it would have seemed petty and probably was. All I know is that their comments affected my self esteem even when I was older, through my teens and even early twenties. I hope kids today are exposed to books and other educational materials that will help them to be compassionate and empathetic human beings.
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Just finished reading Maus last night. Stories like these need to be told.
When it comes to the history of slavery, and what happened to the indigenous people, all over the world, absolutely must be told. With this knowledge, perhaps the next generation will ensure that our society makes sure that reperations are made for what happened. It's important that this happens so that we can truly move on, and make up for what past generations did.
What conservatives are doing is purely political, and that just pisses me off.
It's extremely important for them to understand what happened, and like you stated, so that they learn empathy, and compassion. Yes, there will be some feelings of guilt, I often have them, but give these kids some credit.
Same with the other books that teach about different people, and how they are just like us.
I'm so tired of the division being pushed by conservatives. It's absolutely exhausting, and does nothing but stop society from getting better, and more equitable.
As always, I will be sharing this video.
Even if it reaches only one person, it's worth it.
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When I was a kid, Polak jokes were all the rage. We weren't sure where they came from (there was an official Polish joke book which was one of a series of racial / cultural joke catalogues that tried to be light-hearted about it. Other than processing my own racism, it lead me to a deep dive about Poland and Poles, specifically why a whole like of jokes were had about their incompetence. I have two of my favorite stories regarding Polish cleverness:
One was of Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski who reconstructed the Enigma Cypher Machine in 1932 and worked out how it was being used at the time to encrypt messages between German ministries, by 1939 down to the wire (two weeks before Operation Fall Weiss) they met physically with Allied intelligence, delivering them operating Enigma machines (the versions available at the time) and comprehensive encryption/decryption protocols, which gave Bletchley Park a considerable leg up on cryptanalysis of Axis Enigma communications.
The other was the Armia Krajowa or Polish Home Army, who developed a Molotov Cocktail that didn't need to be lighted. Sulfuric acid was added to the fuel, and the wick on the outside was coated with crystalized potassium chlorate and sugar. The chemical reaction caused when the bottle shattered would provide the heat and the flash necessary to ignite the fuel.
All this raised a question why Poles were so disparaged, and it seems similar to the way Koreans are thought of as a lesser people by their neighboring peoples. Poland and Korea are both highly contested regions, historically held by one of two or three nearby empires as a buffer between themselves and belligerent empires, so they both have long histories of never quite having enough autonomy to decide their own destiny. The bad jokes are a product of imperialists disregarding the people who live there in the process of justifying conquest and occupation for their own interests. It's a rough lot, being a small people whose resources are coveted by bigger nations.
Thanks. This was enlightening. I always thought the jokes were a response to all the dumb lyrics in those polka albums my Polish relatives were always playing. "Round and firm and fully-packed, it was hanging on the rack, who stole the keishka, ha ha ha ha ha."
"In heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here." Etc.
These books help our kids find empathy and learn compassion but help those who feel lost and alone.They are not alone. We are all in one community. These books should connect us and not yet again divide us.
I ty to explain this to my children. my youngest is 27. Can you imagine if I had the internet, this knowledge of Every Person From Around The World... I don't believe we would be living the way we do know. So as much as Things are progressing, please understand where People are coming from.. From where they are. Be Better. Do Better.
As with all your discussions...all I desire to convey is...thank-you.
thank you for being a servant of God. you exemplify "you shall know them by their fruit" and move me with every vid. you give me hope and strength to overcome the selfish, materialistic society we have made for ourselves. i thank God for you. thank you for bringing the light with you to this often superficial platform. thank you for your continual focus on living the life. you are much loved.
In regard to the book banners, an old-timer was once asked by a pigeon why he felt guilty. Francis responded, because you are guilty. Conservatives need that twinge in order to change, much the same way your grandmother saw the need to improve her health, even though you were just being a kid.
Thanks for addressing this.
what is refreshing rev . . . is that you are not interested in controlling society . . . which unfortunately is the baggage of religion
"those that ignore history.." and all knowledge is power
Amen. Thank you Rev Ed
Thank you for offering these short but important online sermons. You talk about things that really matter and I appreciate it. Because the churches in my area are against everything I believe in your podcast is my substitute for attending church services. I'm not and never have been Catholic but it doesn't matter. What matters is your message speaks to my heart and soul so thank you once more.
I love your teachings, I hope enough Americans hear your message that they vote accordingly. I live in the UK and see us following the American way. May God bless you for telling the truth 🙏
We fear what we don't understand.
"We need to keep these Confederate statues up because of history!"
"So, should we teach the kids about what they actually did?"
"Woah, not so fast, hippie!"
It's completely backwards
Lovely message Father. Agreed. There are only “our kids” and I pray all of you, our desires come to fruition. 🙏🏼♥️
So much truth here. Thank you!
60+ years ago, growing up in a small Rhode Island town, my buddies and I, all of 7 or 8 years old, used to referr to a local street maintenance worker as "elephant"... to his face as we scrambled pass. He was a very large man, none of us knew him, but I wonder what our unkindness did to this man. Ugghhhh.
Thank you, Rev Ed.
Love. Kindly, try treating every stranger you meet on the street, now, as if they were that man you so deeply insulted back then.
My dog loves birdie kisses.
It's crazy to think about how ignorant I was, and this helps me to understand that there are probably a million other things I am still ignorant about. But through seeking the kingdom and loving God and others I can fearlessly continue to grow and connect with others that His Kingdom Come and His will be done.
I think sometimes the truth is more that these books delivering messages of inclusion and books that shine a light on history actually make the adults feel guilty and troubled. The kids are just a useful tool to mask their own feelings. They want the messages and perspectives gone so that they, the adults, can retreat back to the comforting embrace of what they were taught
develop compassion for each other
see each other as valuable and worthwhile
I cannot express how much I love this!
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We hear so often about parents wanting their kids to have a better life than they did, and I have no issue with that, it's a worthy goal.
Equally as important, however, is that I want my kids to be better than me.
Once again, thank you!!
I'm not crying, the onions must be doing this.
This is a really Timely teaching that has helped me out a lot. Much of what I'm seeing from certain people within Christianity has me considering leaving it all together. But this gives me hope that things can be better and that there's a different way of looking at things
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As an American and a grandmother I truly understand what you're saying and what I've learned and I have seen as many Americans are so angry and hateful and have no empathy Jesus taught if someone asks you to go on Mile with them go two
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Thank you Rev. Ed. When I was a kid the summer reading program is where we all went. Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys were fan favorites back then. We were also exposed to all the classics. Hard to fathom young people having to fight for books to not be banned. Books are such learning tools for empathy, values and understanding history.
I have been a Christian my entire life. I have also been a lover of books since I was a child. I am against any practice ( book burning) that hinders the free market of ideas 💡
My grandfather was the most important person in my life with my father being the next most important. None of the women in my family were anything like the tender, loving and empathetic people the men in my family were. Unfortunately they are long gone which is something to be expected by the time you reach my age. I'm lucky enough to have two absolutely wonderful sons who are both in their forties. The youngest would have been a very good father but chose not to have children because of climate change. Now he's even more glad to have made what was a painful choice for him because our country is in danger of slipping into a fascist dictatorship with Christian nationalism as our national religion although our constitution calls for a secular government.
To learn, often the first step is to unlearn what is not true.
I am blessed with an 8 year old granddaughter. her public school is multi racial and she does not distinguish or denigrate any of her classmates. She just plain and simply does not know or see any difference. She is my sunshine ❤
Kwe. I do not believe that all parents truly want their children to be better than themselves. Sometimes they are afraid that their children will develop a different viewpoint and grow away from them. Or judge them. And some pastors are exactly the same. The book-burning pastors. Nmultis.
Perspective is interesting.
Isn't fear the weapon unleashed? Just plain old fear.
Rev Trevors,
You made a comment about parents wanting their children to have more and become more than themselves.
I certainly agree with you that it should be this way, both the desire of parents and the success of children.
However, I don't believe the book banners/burners truly feel this way.
They do NOT want their children to become more evolved than themselves.
They want immortality through their offspring "clones."
They want their own biases, ideas, and beliefs to live forever through their successive generations.
When a book, a school, or a teacher, or a pastor like you, exposes their offspring to ideas that could potentially cause such spiritual or even just social growth in their offspring as to enable them to surpass their parents, or simply not carry on their biases, ideas, or beliefs you are threatening their desired immortality.
You might as well be holding a fully loaded AR-15 to their heads with your finger on the trigger.
And that is why these people are reacting as they are with escalating violence, and escalating hysterical and utterly insane claims.
May God bless every person on Earth with the fully conscious and permanent awakening to our own respective true divine souls and dissolve all ignorance and falsehood.
By removing the books, it will only keep children ignorant about others, and will facilitate bigotry and hate. By removing the books and burying their head in the sand, those people who area different cease to exist. (Sarcasm) People who are different from you will still be there and want the same things as everyone else. The people who push this movement of restricting materials or teachings are taking us backward. You bring your child up with respect for others, and let them decide when they are adults what they like and don't.
Thank you. And may God bless and keep you always.
There used to be a girl in my neighborhood that for some reason the boys called " the triple arch deluxe"( a hamburger) she was a very nice girl just a little chunky. I am actually still friends with her and used to ask my brothers not to call her that but I was just as guilty of using these kinds of nicknames for other kids too. We even used to tease my uncle and call him " fat boy"( he was our legal guardian) now as an adult after he has passed away I regret that but I know that he lovec us and we loved him ❤
I keep thinking that, if someone keeps feeling guilty, maybe they need to do a little self-reflection and decide, within themselves, if they're really doing things that are worth feeling guilty about. When you think about it, guilt exists to give us warning signs that maybe we're not acting right or we're not having a good effect on other people or there's something in our lives that we're neglecting. Trying to ignore feeling that isn't a healthy idea. If you're feeling bad about anything, pay attention to why you feel that way and consider if there's something in your life that needs to be adjusted. That's being an adult and taking personal responsibility. If, when you consider yourself and your life, you conclude that your feelings don't come from things you're doing but from things that other people have done, then say so and point out better examples to the younger generations. Then, you can feel good that you saw a situation, that you considered it and understood it, and acted on it with fortitude.
Thank you Rev Ed for your very timely message ... it helped me recall a couple of of my own memories.
"Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned (doomed) to repeat it" .. George Santayana
"Read in order to live" ... Gustave Flaubert
The first memory was when my son, who was in highschool at the time (the 1990s) .. He came to me with a question?? .. It was about slavery and guilt. His question was .. "Why should we have to feel guilty about something we had nothing to do with??" ... something he had heard in school.
My immediate response was ... "We remember son for the "consciousness of a nation" .. to be awake and aware of our humanity, the world, ourselves including those feelings of sorrow and sadness of what we are capable of to our fellow human beings and must be vigilant against !!!
Also, recalled another memory .. being 18 yrs. old when I first read ... 'Night' .. by Elie Wiesel on the tragedy of the "Holocaust" ... I recalled what it made me feel and what it taught me about .. Compassion, Tolerance, Prejudice, Diminishing others, Scapegoating, and the Inflicting of Suffering (and YES even death), on our fellow human beings ... The exact opposite of what I came to understand more and more over time of our humanity and what it is to be truly humane !!!
Thank you again Rev. Ed for all your very needed and timely messages !!!
I wish you could speak at school board meetings where parents are fighting against what you are saying
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It's okay to feel bad for those who were enslaved.
It's okay to understand the ways that that enslavement has impacted those families over time, in just a handful of generations.
I have no sympathy for those who spew hatred and fear deliberately forgain but I feel for those caught up in that fear. What miserable lives they must have .
Thank you for this. History is a great teacher, but only when it is honestly presented rather than used as a tool to form a society. Guilt is for the person who committed the act, not their children. The Bible says the sins of the fathers will be visited on the children and that has been twisted. Perhaps the Bible was saying that if a generation exploits another race with slavery the children should make reparations. We all know how well that would go down today. I think the Bible says the children should recognize the wrongs done and take responsibility for not repeating them.
My mother hated me fact that I had many native American friends, a few black friends and some Jewish friends but neither my father or grandfather objected. When I learned in school about the horrible slave ships, the ownership of our fellow human beings, the genocide of the Native Americans and what the Jewish people went through including the Holocaust I learned how much empathy I am capable of. I love both humans and animals deeply. I can't eat meat because of the way farm animals are treated in factory farms and the terror they must feel awaiting their turn to die in the slaughter house.
The man from Nantucket deserves better.
Can you suggest some titles of the books you are speaking of?
Profiting not profited, the theft of resources is ongoing, and now the educational system is under attack
You know my grandma taught me all about slavery in the United States before I started school. I don't remember feeling " guilty" personally. I just remember thinking " wow the world has changed a lot". Kids are smarter than adults give them credit for.
They are trying to tell them that we're all God's children and should not be shamed because of the color of our skin or who we love and to try to end hate.
Obviously the adults in charge at home and school did not teach you morality or to bite your tongue rather than blindly mimic bullies. Did you ever tell your grandma, "I love you just the way you are!"? Hateful words always destroy the victim and bully who said them!
Metaphysics 101
Transforming frowns into smiles is smarter than turning lead into gold. And transforming heaven (peace) into hell (war) is more ignorant (dead) than turning gold into lead.
Magic and metaphysics should be taught before science and physics.
My name is Patty, rhymes with Fatty. Kids were very mean.
The people objecting don't regret their bigotry.
Children should be exposed to books that tell the truth about issues compatible w age level understanding. They should not be perverse, and dont encourage or celebrate gender change, etc., Neither should they promite discrimination of dif in persons. In a word, they should be more like the earlier literature in schools w out mentioning same sex parents, etc., ?
I think we need to get rid of Old Testament.
And the entirety of the Book of Revelation.
At age 7 the frontal cortex develops that empathy is developer. You were early .
Mine was my mom caught me with a playboy and my mother said how would you feel if your. Friends were looking at pictures of her . SOB I still cringe thinking about it.
Where did the frontal cortex come from? Who programmed it's development ? Who created it's purpose? Could this be the same creator who gave us moral laws, free will, the first man and woman marriage and offspring. So many first in their perfect order. As this great creator what about the laws to help us understand right from wrong? Is it possible that we reject the possibility of a God (who's wrath is upon us at birth because we are born into sin) because we want to create God in our own image? Is it possible that due to rejecting God the world has lost its way and we see an increase in violence, suicides, drug use, domestic violence, sexual violence, stress disorders, divorce, abortions ( a taboo word), global conflict, family dysfunction, governments that rob and pillage their citizen, and the list goes on and on. How comforting to hear a man of the cloth who accepts all things and in doing so allow justification for all manner of things which in turn opens up a door unlimited, which all manner of are accepted. Well if it's ok for men to love men and be sexually intimate and the same for women ( after all I am born that way) men to dress and surgically have parts remove and other parts added and women too. What about an adult man or woman who has a sexual attraction toward children? Their argument is no different I am born that way and therefore just as the LGBTQ and Trans I too should be allowed to express and partake in what is an innate part of my being and intimately love children? Hmmm. Slippery slope leading into a deep rabbit hole there.
Maybe God inspired the writing of the book of love ( the bible ) so we can avoid the dangers of free will without structure. He then out of mercy sent us his perfect Son to die and take the entire sin of the world so that we can through the perfect Son and accepting him as Lord be once again be made righteous (when covered by Jesus) and be reunited with our heavenly father. Our battle is spiritual, God bless and Love you all
@@James-oo8uu the frontal cortex is where our conscience is it develops at age 7 according to the scientists studying the human mind.
Now is your opening to say something brilliant like THEY AREN'T EXPERTS or something equally rediculous
@@timerickson7056 not at all. Question is still the same. Not the function but the fact that it exist at all and the awesomeness of its function. What an awesome God we have believer or not, makes him no less awesome.
Unfortunately, too many on the right see compassion and empathy on the part of males in particular as another derogatory word: "sissy."
A friend and I quarrelled over a comedy show, Chewing the Fat. Some of the sketches were dirty and demeaning, he thought them bold & original.
There is an element of indoctrination in some books. Children have been sexualised and in some cases it is a form of mental abuse. It is sinister.
That's exactly the reason why the new literature mustn't be forbidden and also why the grown-ups must read the books, too, and discuss them with the children, while learning a thing or two.
@@howardcohen6817 You are confusing censorship with the concern that gender ideology is being engineered into school libraries.
The most open-minded parents are concerned about this, the last people who would censor books dealing with racism & bullying.
In the 1970s a group called the Paedophile Exchange made inroads into the British Labour Party with soft support from The Guardian.
This group of people were saying that sexualising children is not such a bad thing, they failed to find support and went underground.
When parents question the sexualisation of very young children in books the promoters of those books play the censorship card.
What happened to critical theory? Is the cultural left not to be questioned about anything? The attack on the family came from the Left.
The elite who run the BBC said that families with a mother and father was old-fashioned, now homosexuals could a baby or toddler.
The Left will not stop until binary has been outlawed. Gender reassignment clinics perform surgery on children in California.
I meant to write that now homosexuals could adopt babies and toddlers.
The gay lobby demanded this and anyone who questioned its wisdom was told they were homophobic and would lose their job.
Research shows that children with a mother and father are better adjusted. There is never any shortage of women who want to adopt.
@@johnhaggerty4396 I'm not saying anything of the sort; please stop putting words onto my paper. I'm not at all interested in defending anything you are attacking, here nor willing to support your arguments, either. I was making the point that it's important for the adults to read, discuss and learn with their children, when and if their kids read something.
I haven't been to school in many years, but assume that the English-teachers still assign about four books/year for the children to read. These will undoubtedly be ones of high literary value and of cultural relevance.
@@howardcohen6817 I am delighted you are not interested in defending anything I am attacking so what is the issue with censorship?
No one wants to censor children's books which tackle racism, bullying, or body size issues. So what is this 'new literature' ?
small children do NOT need to know about bizarre (yes, I said that) sexual behaviors they need not think about at that age
You are reminding us of what the Lord Jesus Christ would say, Shihyu.
Small children are being sexualised and corrupted by all manner of things.
In London a clinic has been closed after 15 years; ithad been providing beta-blockers for teenagers prior to sex-change surgery.
Children as young as five were being counselled about their gender identity. Publishers are cashing in with LGBTQ picture books.
The problem most of the christians don't have regret for their past indiscretions.