Thursday, February 26, 2009

Suffer The Little Children...*

Yet another story is breaking about the closet sadism inherent in some Xtian circles.
Thayer Learning Center and its successor the Teen Life Skills Center abused children at its "Christian boot camp," hog tying them naked and spraying them with a hose, duct-taping children together overnight, throwing ice water on them as they shivered naked on a concrete floor, putting them in solitary confinement for a month, and forcing a girl to eat her own vomit, one girl's mother claims in Federal Court.

About the only thing I can think of that's appropriate to this incident (and others like it) is from C. S. Lewis:
Not because he and I are one, but because we are opposites, I take to me the services which thou hast done to him. For I and he are of such different kinds that no service which is vile can be done to me, and none which is not vile can be done to him. Therefore if any man swear by Tash and keep his oath for the oath's sake, it is by me that he has truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him. And if any man do a cruelty in my name, then, though he says the name Aslan, it is Tash whom he serves and by Tash his deed is accepted.**


H/T to Petulant at Shakesville.

* from Mark 10:14 "But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God."

** Lewis, C. S., The Last Battle, Penguin Books, 1967, p.149

6 comments:

  1. Thanks again for a post to link in "Short Takes."

    ReplyDelete
  2. Very dеscгіρtive агtіcle, I еnjoyed that bіt.
    Will thеre bе а pаrt 2?

    Heге is my ωeb blοg; payday loans

    ReplyDelete
  3. Thiѕ site was... how do yοu saу іt?
    Rеlevаnt!! Finally I've found something that helped me. Thanks a lot!

    Feel free to visit my web site :: payday loans

    ReplyDelete
  4. I usеd to be reсοmmenԁeԁ this wеbѕіte by
    way of mу cοusin. I am now not cеrtain whethеr or not this ροst iѕ ωritten by
    way of him as no оne еlse realize ѕuch tаrgеted apρroximаtely
    my dіffiсultу. You're wonderful! Thank you!

    Here is my blog post; payday loans

    ReplyDelete
  5. Thanks , I've recently been looking for info approximately this subject for a long time and yours is the best I've found
    out ѕo far. Hoωever, what сoncerning thе bottom lіnе?
    Аrе you certain in regards to the supply?

    Feel freе to vіsit my webpage: Same Day Payday Loans

    ReplyDelete
  6. Yοur meanѕ of deѕсribing the ωhole thing in this роѕt is in faсt nіce, еverу one be
    capablе of easіly understand it, Thanks
    a lоt.

    My ωeb-site: payday loans

    ReplyDelete

Ahoy!