Comments on: UPDATED: The Babes Leading The Blind

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:34:03 +0000

Sorry for the misunderstanding Ilana, my comment about the four year old child was not about the afterlife. Your article only touched the edge of the problem and in my comment, I tried to point out that it went deeper. The kid’s ‘afterlife story’ like all the stories of the afterlife published before it, misses the true reason of religion anyway. Churches are loaded with stuff like this. The Bible gives these people lots of cute things to push and they take advantage of it. Isaiah has numerous references to ‘and a child shall lead them’ the lion and ‘the lamb will lie down beside each other’, child preachers were popular years ago. This kid is nothing new in Christianity. Women and feminine men have been promoting this kind of stuff in the church for years. That is only one of the reasons why men are leaving the church in droves. Christian men don’t read this stuff; but, there is a ready market on the other side of the aisle.

By: George Pal

George Pal — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:15:00 +0000

It was only a matter of time before our sagacious juveniles, long a staple of movies and books, turned into juvenile kitsch. I recall losing all hope when a Library of Congress book study found ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ the second most influential book readers had ever experienced. The worst of it: a 1999 Library Journal poll chose ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ as best novel of the century.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:13:50 +0000

I agree with you Ilana. I saw this story a couple of weeks ago and it sounded ridiculous. Face it, we live in a frivolous society that just wants to be fed and entertained. Very childish. With the PC thugs lurking around every corner, the citizenry has been conditioned to not think too critically. While our country is going into the toilet, too many people are more interested in voting in American Idol than a presidential election. I’ve heard the term “bread and circus society” used before. That is US.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:38:59 +0000

That it will not contribute to modern American culture in the dialectical sense is a given; however, there is something therapeutic about acquiring a Kinect (and for that matter, an Android-based smartphone) for the sole purpose of hacking it for use with a desktop PC.

Warranties be damned: Not all diversions need to serve a rational purpose.

By: Steve Hogan

Steve Hogan — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:27:56 +0000

I think I saw the headline of this story on CNN.com. Immediately filtered it out as a scam.

Not sure if the boy believes his tall tales or if the parents are peddling this crap and the kid is just a pawn. Either way, it’s embarrassing that something so transparent is viewed as newsworthy.

Maybe if fewer journalists were reporting on this crap, we’d have more of them questioning the illegal wars, the out-of-control spending, or the Fed’s vast criminality. I guy can dream, can’t he?

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:33:20 +0000

Archeology magazines had difficulty selling a subscription, Biblical Archeology did very well. Stick in the Holy Land with a Bible reference and it’s deliverable. National Geographic had the rest of the world but when they wanted a bonus- Ancient travel in the land of Abraham. Christian fiction is growing where other areas are decreasing. I think modern readers are looking for something they can believe in because the rest of the world sucks. Sometimes, I don’t blame them.