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To: twigs
A lot of people make these sacrifices!

Thank you for saying so. I work four jobs (my full-time job and three part-time, seasonal jobs) to help put my son through Christian school.

That said, I find the school's position hard to take. Jesus said, "suffer the little children to come unto me". He didn't add, "but only if you like what their parents do for a living."

Yes, Jesus would have told the mother to "go and sin no more". But He also wouldn't punish the child for the sins of the mother.

222 posted on 05/16/2002 7:25:42 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg
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To: Colonel_Flagg
Yes, Jesus would have told the mother to "go and sin no more". But He also wouldn't punish the child for the sins of the mother.

I could argue either side for what this school decided to do. But we are raised by a family and in a society. I think it is unrealistic to assume that a child will be unaffected by the sins of a parent. All of us have been affected one way or another by our parent's sins. How could it be otherwise? This mother has been granted a God-given responsibility to raise this child. She does not have a right to squander it and expect the rest of the world to protect her child from her choices. Still, I can see both sides from the school's point of view.

242 posted on 05/16/2002 7:36:07 AM PDT by twigs
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