Born-Again Christians Only: Daycare Parents, Staff Angry Over Center's Evangelical Changes

[homasse]

Born-Again Christians Only: Daycare Parents, Staff Angry Over Center's Evangelical Changes
As the Happy Time Daycare becomes the Point of Grace Children's Academy, staffers are required to reapply for their jobs with this warning: No gays, no Jews or other non-Christians.

A Waukee church is being criticized by angry parents for forcing child-care

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[ladyvoldything]

No alcohol consumption, Christianity? Really?

Jesus went out of his way to bring more alcohol into the world. If you don't drink booze, you're insulting the Lord.

Think about it.

[stormqueen280]

As far as I'm concerned, Jesus didn't turn water into grape juice, did he?

[kcountess]

I've read all kinds of stuff from more fundamentalist branches that it was actually grape juice or close to it because supposedly the alcohol content of the wine at the time was really small. *spends way too much time over at freejinger.org*

Of coruse if the alcohol content was low, why the Bible also has verses about drunkenness...

[skellington1]

Of coruse if the alcohol content was low, why the Bible also has verses about drunkenness...

Well, I did have a great uncle who was told to quit drinking, so he switched to non-alcoholic beer... and then complained that it took a whole case to get a buzz.

[xforge]

I'm pretty sure the rules in the Bible are all about getting drunk, not just having a drink. I mean yeah, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeverybody at the Sermon on the Mount was drinking wine fer crineoutloud.

[kcountess]

Well yes, normal, sensible people know that. :D

For a lot of the really right-winger fundies, though, there doesn't seem to be any moderation in anything. Again, at the extreme limits, a lot of young people are not allowed to even hold hands before marriage. For many, the idea of having your first kiss *at your wedding* is a big deal. And then there's the whole courtship thing which is somehow about preserving your heart because dating means you break off pieces of your heart when you break up, so your spouse eventually doesn't get your whole, "pure" heart.

This is why I can't look away, because there's a lot of "...seriously?" involved.

[skellington1]

...really?

Wow.

I hadn't realized love was a finite resource. The More You Know! (fundie edition).

[ladypeyton]

I've read all kinds of stuff from more fundamentalist branches that it was actually grape juice or close to it because supposedly the alcohol content of the wine at the time was really small.

As someone who has spent considerable amount of time researching the history of wine for my historical recreation group, that is total bullshit. They tended to boil the must before fermentation, making the sugar content higher and resulting in a much higher alcohol content than modern win. Now they did tend to water their wine before drinking, but it would still only bring the end result down slightly lower than modern wines.

[sillysallyfckup]

^

yup

[stormqueen280]

Hey I didn't know that! Cool!

[bgwqlc]

I don't know anything about the the history of wine but that sounded like crap to me.

[kcountess]

Yeah, somehow I figured whoever came up with the "not as high alcohol content!" hadn't done very thorough research. ;)

Especially considering for there to be verses amonishing against drunkenness, there ahd to be something that would get people drunk. And if people were making other drinks that were that alcoholic, why hold back when it comes to wine?

[seishin]

*missed that passage in teh bible* LOL

[skellington1]

...and then apparently his son sees him and so he curses his grandson.It all makes sense, really.

I never actually made it much past that bit in my attempt to read the bible. My mom may have asked me to stop, since I called her more than five times in genesis alone to tell her I could Not Believe The Crap I had Just Read.

Now if I need to refer to something online I just grab the relevant bit from the lego bible.

[ladyvoldything]

Of course he did, and all those Old Testament passages about getting drunk were really talking about being high on life.