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Jesus held on the cross with nails in his hands

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TaFox · 20/03/2024 21:43

DD5 is in year 1 and has been learning about Jesus at school. Great stuff in the spirit of Easter.

The RE teacher told the class how Jesus was NAILED to the cross.

This is quite graphic for a little girl who believes that the Easter bunny will leave eggs in our garden.

Should I tell school that this is too much info for little ears?

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Cockapoopoopoo · 20/03/2024 22:28

Lyingbyapool · 20/03/2024 22:16

My gob is truly smacked 😮

Holy Week/ Easter is the most important part of the Christian calendar. I'm staggered that anyone can grow up in this country (where it's the official religion and where state schools have to hold 'broadly Christian' assemblies) and not understand that this is what children learn.

Have we really reached the point where grown adults think it's all about bunnies and eggs?

Maybe some of us prefer it to be about bunnies and eggs because the other story is bollocks?

candgen625 · 20/03/2024 22:27

They can't brainwash them unless you get them young!

Parker231 · 20/03/2024 22:26

Alconleigh · 20/03/2024 22:24

You've never been in a church? Really?

DT’s hadn’t been in a church at that age. No need for them to have.

RemarkablyBrightCreature · 20/03/2024 22:25

cakeorwine · 20/03/2024 22:22

It was God who killed Jesus.

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It was most definitely the Romans 😳

TheNameIsDickDarlington · 20/03/2024 22:25

I thought this was going to be a thread about how the nails in his hands would just tear through the skin as soon as the weight was put on them so it would be more likely that the nails went through the wrists between the bones.

Anyway... is your DD in a faith school? I went to a Catholic school and there were crucifixes everywhere so it wasn't a shocking thing to hear about. Also if you've sent her to a catholic/CofE school then you must have expected her to learn about this?

If not I still don't think it's particularly shocking that a child learnt about the crucifixion and what easter is about. Has your Dd never asked about Easter?

Cockapoopoopoo · 20/03/2024 22:25

I'm not religious and wasn't brought up religious but the crucifixion story really disturbed me at a young age so I get your point!

Parker231 · 20/03/2024 22:25

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 20/03/2024 22:23

That’s next week’s cliff hanger revealed 😂. I honestly don’t know any children who have been traumatised by this but my children are quite used to seeing Catholic crucifixes which do have Christ on them - that’s the whole point. To remind us of Christ’s sacrifice. Plus the stations of the cross etc.

When RE is being taught, the teacher will have to explain this or it’s all a bit illogical as the suffering is a foundational belief.

I also agree that there is loads of history that is really gruesome so be prepared for that!

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Not everyone wants children taught about Christ’s sacrifice when it’s not a message we believe is correct.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 20/03/2024 22:24

EverybodyIsFantastic · 20/03/2024 21:55

Jesus was mildly tickled on the cross?

(In fact, he wasn’t nailed through his hands. The Romans almost certainly crucified through the wrists. Hands wouldn’t have supported the body’s weight.)

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I remembered my dad explaining this to me clear as if it were yesterday so I must've been upset by it. He explained it wouldn't have hurt as much as going through bone which I found reassuring. Ds decided they used blue tack as he thought using nails was a ridiculous notion!

Alconleigh · 20/03/2024 22:24

You've never been in a church? Really?

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 20/03/2024 22:23

ZenNudist · 20/03/2024 22:08

Absolutely hilarious.

She's also going to get taught that King Harold got shot in the eye and Henry VIII beheaded 2 of his wives.

Wait til they get to 9-11.

How's she going to cope with the actual news?!

You'd love our Catholic school. Next week and every year in Holy Week the kids will be doing "stations of the cross" which is a prayer reflecting on the experiences of Jesus as he carries the cross, is crucified dies and is buried. The prayer is based on the pictures exhibited round the school hall (permanently). These are pictures actually painted by the older kids representing the different things the bible teaches about Jesus' journey to Calvary.

To try and be useful here you can always say "but he came back and it didn't hurt him anymore!"

That’s next week’s cliff hanger revealed 😂. I honestly don’t know any children who have been traumatised by this but my children are quite used to seeing Catholic crucifixes which do have Christ on them - that’s the whole point. To remind us of Christ’s sacrifice. Plus the stations of the cross etc.

When RE is being taught, the teacher will have to explain this or it’s all a bit illogical as the suffering is a foundational belief.

I also agree that there is loads of history that is really gruesome so be prepared for that!

cakeorwine · 20/03/2024 22:22

GoodnightAdeline · 20/03/2024 22:20

It was the Romans Confused

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It was God who killed Jesus.

Shamoo44 · 20/03/2024 22:22

GoodnightAdeline · 20/03/2024 22:20

It was the Romans Confused

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Apparently so, but that wasn’t the lesson back then.

GoodnightAdeline · 20/03/2024 22:20

Shamoo44 · 20/03/2024 22:20

I remember this at my infant school, particularly the bit where the other children turned to me and said “you’re Jewish - you killed Jesus”. First time I was really really confused and felt really bad/guilty about my religion.

It was the Romans Confused

thesleepyhoglet · 20/03/2024 22:20

Should have used command strips instead.

Shamoo44 · 20/03/2024 22:20

I remember this at my infant school, particularly the bit where the other children turned to me and said “you’re Jewish - you killed Jesus”. First time I was really really confused and felt really bad/guilty about my religion.

Thebestwaytoscareatory · 20/03/2024 22:20

TooBigForMyBoots · 20/03/2024 22:10

Bunnies came around the same time as Jesus. Rabbits aren't a native species, they were brought in by the Romans.🐰🐇

But yeah, eggs have been around forever.🥚

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The Romans were in Britain before Jesus was even a twinkle in gods eye.

And hares have been kicking around these shores for thousands of years so what we assume are bunnies might have been hares 👀

OurfriendsintheNE · 20/03/2024 22:19

Command strips?

@Bigwelshlamb points for adding an extra mumsnetty dimension to an already quite mumsnetty thread!

LoreleiG · 20/03/2024 22:19

Sauvblonk · 20/03/2024 22:18

Yes, do speak to the teacher if it's been too much.

Our DS had recurring, quite distressing nightmares about being "put in a cave when I'm dead" after learning about the Easter story at school. We had him up at all hours crying and worrying about dying, and especially about being left alone in a cave. He's not a particularly emotional child, but the Eater story really got to him for some reason!

I had the same nightmares!

SweetFemaleAttitude · 20/03/2024 22:19

caringcarer · 20/03/2024 22:17

Wait till your DD learns in some countries they still have volunteers who get crucified every Easter with real nails going through the palms of their hands.

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Ummm why would children ever have to learn that 😂😂

EverybodyIsFantastic · 20/03/2024 22:18

ZenNudist · 20/03/2024 22:08

Absolutely hilarious.

She's also going to get taught that King Harold got shot in the eye and Henry VIII beheaded 2 of his wives.

Wait til they get to 9-11.

How's she going to cope with the actual news?!

You'd love our Catholic school. Next week and every year in Holy Week the kids will be doing "stations of the cross" which is a prayer reflecting on the experiences of Jesus as he carries the cross, is crucified dies and is buried. The prayer is based on the pictures exhibited round the school hall (permanently). These are pictures actually painted by the older kids representing the different things the bible teaches about Jesus' journey to Calvary.

To try and be useful here you can always say "but he came back and it didn't hurt him anymore!"

And all those wondrously gruesome saints and stigmatics. My convent education has been a huge advantage to me in art museums. I’m always the one consulted on which saint is traditionally depicted carrying her severed breasts on a plate.

DinnaeFashYersel · 20/03/2024 22:18

@Thebestwaytoscareatory

That would be the Spring Equinox. I was of course referring to the Christian origin of Easter which is the problem being experienced by the OP

LoreleiG · 20/03/2024 22:18

I was brought up catholic, went to mass every Sunday annd holy day, and personally I actually was traumatised by it, as it gave me nightmares and I once broke down in mass crying. I was five or six. I also cried during Jesus Christ Superstar! Some children are more sensitive than others. Or maybe I am just an OG snowflake.

Upinthenightagain · 20/03/2024 22:18

dd goes to a catholic school and brought a bible home the other day. I opened it at a random page and there was a whole section on men’s discharge and women’s discharge and how unclean it was. There’s some odd stuff in the bible. The nailing hands business is the least of it and at the end of the day they will be learning all sorts of gruesome things when it comes to history lessons. Keeps them interested 😆

Sauvblonk · 20/03/2024 22:18

Yes, do speak to the teacher if it's been too much.

Our DS had recurring, quite distressing nightmares about being "put in a cave when I'm dead" after learning about the Easter story at school. We had him up at all hours crying and worrying about dying, and especially about being left alone in a cave. He's not a particularly emotional child, but the Eater story really got to him for some reason!