Beyond The Wand

How Christian fundamentalists plan to teach genocide to schoolchildren

deconversionmovement:

Good News Clubs’ evangelism in schools is already subverting church-state separation. Now they justify murdering nonbelievers.

The Bible has thousands of passages that may serve as the basis for instruction and inspiration. Not all of them are appropriate in all circumstances.
The story of Saul and the Amalekites is a case in point. It’s not a pretty story, and it is often used by people who don’t intend to do pretty things. In the book of 1 Samuel (15:3), God said to Saul:
Now go, attack the Amalekites, and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.

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Oh.  My.  Horsefucking.  Loki.

Why do we even permit this to be a thing?

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  1. setyourspiritfree reblogged this from divineirony and added:
    So disturbing… religion has been used to justify violence and genocide throughout human history. How can anyone worship...
  2. divineirony reblogged this from deconversionmovement and added:
    How incredibly disconcerting. There must be a way to combat the spread of this CEF/Good News Club bullshit in public...
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  12. skepticalavenger reblogged this from deconversionmovement and added:
    The vile hatred in that never-suitably damned book continues to spread it’s poison.
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  14. greenchestnuts reblogged this from writerlyn and added:
    This is terrible. Ick. It occurred to me to write to their denomination’s overseeing board (ie presbytery, general...
  15. writerlyn reblogged this from beyond-the-wand and added:
    Disturbing thing, but teaching this isn’t new. I was taught this many times growing up, and trying to speak up against...
  16. kardias reblogged this from homesteadilee and added:
    aaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha i always site pasages like this when people try to act about how “loving and compassionate”...
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    I had words but they got lost in enraged screaming.
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    Oh. My. Horsefucking. Loki. Why do we even permit this to be a thing?
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