Friday, August 05, 2005

Bible School - Without the Bible!

This summer, St Susanna Parish in Cincinnati, Ohio held a "Kicked Up Bible School" for those aged 12-14. This was reported in the Aug 5 issue of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati newspaper, 'The Catholic Telegraph,' in an article titled "Kicked Up Bible School Offers Insights About Faith."

But......The article made NO mention of any bible study done!

Instead, they put the kids through a politically correct program of activities. Here are some examples:

1. "Each student was placed in a fictitious living situation, such as that of a single parent with two children who is struggling to get by, and asked to prepare a personal budget."

2. "Among the week's other activities were sorting clothes and working in...food pantries."

3. "The group visited the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, which...gave them a sense of how 'slavery still continues when people are kept in poverty and denied basic human rights.'"

4. "The students' afternoons were spent working on homes...included such tasks as painting, tearing up old carpeting and clearing out overgrown yards."

Only Catholics would dare have a "bible school" – but without the bible! Maybe they should have called it a "Kicked OUT Bible School?"

May the Spirit of God show those children that their church had a specific reason for denying them the bible in this so-called "bible school" – because the last thing the Roman Church wants is young people exploring the truths of the bible and finding out that their church is a false church!