No, this is not one of my attempts at humour. This is a re-writing of the Lord’s Prayer by author S.J. Green in his book Noah Can’t Even. I haven’t read the book but in one school, at least, it has created a bit of a kerfuffle. You can read the full context
Two things - the RCC has a reputation for child abuse and pedophilia going back for a long time - at least 50 years, when I was growing up, there were certain priests that kids had to stay away from. And there was child abuse and rape of altar boys and the like - perhaps that's why there were just altar *boys* and not altar *girls*. The local Catholic Boy Scout troop was notorious for this, that's why I didn't join. I recall talking to one of the assistant scoutmasters at a party - the dude was pretty much openly gay at that point - and he said "well, you knew what you'd be getting in for if you joined, and if you didn't want the gay sex, you were smart not to join..." He stayed on as a scoutmaster for decades, the last I heard of him, he was running a local shelter for juvenile offenders and homeless youth. He was notorious, but nothing has ever been done about it, although he may finally have been kicked out of the Boy Scouts.
So there's that, and then there's the fact that there are kids who are pretty much gay at that age, and it's pretty obvious, and perhaps, besides the predatory aspects, there's a desire to keep them from becoming depressed or suicidal or committing suicide - I know of one guy who did that, he might have been naturally gay, or perhaps been one of the victims of abuse. So there's that, too.
The book as general reading material seems pretty inappropriate to me, and pretty much blasphemous. Does that diocese sponsor a witches coven, too? Sex on the altar on Friday midnights?
I think you're right on, not a fuddy duddy. That is not appropriate for children. I'm more on the gay side of the sexual spectrum and think it's appalling for any school to recommend explicit sexual writing like that at any age. Sex ed in my school was more about the reproductive organs, sexually transmitted diseases. It was more sciencey. In college it expanded to safe sex and more personal discussions.
At 12/13, I was still playing LEGO all the time... and I have to confess that recently, at 47, I bought and built the LEGO 76908 Lamborghini Countach. Fantastic model!
The whole sexual (in particular, under-age gay) issue has the advantage that you can play, as you like, the whole spectrum from glorification (oppression) to damnation (abuse). It is therefore being used as a *political* tool. I mean, would Milo Yiannopoulos have been canceled if he had had the right (i.e., left) political opinions?
It’s a YA (Young Adult) humorous novel meant for older kids, it’s standard to have sex in those. 12-13 a bit young for it. It’s the age my gen played spin the bottle, but the kids nowadays are already gay-bi-trans-857 flavors.
Now imagine the unified response from the left, government included, if the book had satirized foundational prayers from the Koran to celebrate children having oral and anal sex.
That book is shocking but so is your essay. Your measured and calm take towards the manifest evil of destroying the innocence of the young is essentially succumbing to the evil itself. The lukewarm will not survive what's coming
Blasphemous insanity! Why would you have a 12/13 year old read that?!
Two things - the RCC has a reputation for child abuse and pedophilia going back for a long time - at least 50 years, when I was growing up, there were certain priests that kids had to stay away from. And there was child abuse and rape of altar boys and the like - perhaps that's why there were just altar *boys* and not altar *girls*. The local Catholic Boy Scout troop was notorious for this, that's why I didn't join. I recall talking to one of the assistant scoutmasters at a party - the dude was pretty much openly gay at that point - and he said "well, you knew what you'd be getting in for if you joined, and if you didn't want the gay sex, you were smart not to join..." He stayed on as a scoutmaster for decades, the last I heard of him, he was running a local shelter for juvenile offenders and homeless youth. He was notorious, but nothing has ever been done about it, although he may finally have been kicked out of the Boy Scouts.
So there's that, and then there's the fact that there are kids who are pretty much gay at that age, and it's pretty obvious, and perhaps, besides the predatory aspects, there's a desire to keep them from becoming depressed or suicidal or committing suicide - I know of one guy who did that, he might have been naturally gay, or perhaps been one of the victims of abuse. So there's that, too.
The book as general reading material seems pretty inappropriate to me, and pretty much blasphemous. Does that diocese sponsor a witches coven, too? Sex on the altar on Friday midnights?
I think you're right on, not a fuddy duddy. That is not appropriate for children. I'm more on the gay side of the sexual spectrum and think it's appalling for any school to recommend explicit sexual writing like that at any age. Sex ed in my school was more about the reproductive organs, sexually transmitted diseases. It was more sciencey. In college it expanded to safe sex and more personal discussions.
At 12/13, I was still playing LEGO all the time... and I have to confess that recently, at 47, I bought and built the LEGO 76908 Lamborghini Countach. Fantastic model!
The whole sexual (in particular, under-age gay) issue has the advantage that you can play, as you like, the whole spectrum from glorification (oppression) to damnation (abuse). It is therefore being used as a *political* tool. I mean, would Milo Yiannopoulos have been canceled if he had had the right (i.e., left) political opinions?
It’s a YA (Young Adult) humorous novel meant for older kids, it’s standard to have sex in those. 12-13 a bit young for it. It’s the age my gen played spin the bottle, but the kids nowadays are already gay-bi-trans-857 flavors.
Now imagine the unified response from the left, government included, if the book had satirized foundational prayers from the Koran to celebrate children having oral and anal sex.
Imagine what would be done with that author.
That book is shocking but so is your essay. Your measured and calm take towards the manifest evil of destroying the innocence of the young is essentially succumbing to the evil itself. The lukewarm will not survive what's coming
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