Or is teaching 6 Yr old about crucixation out of order?

[Whostoblame]

I might be over reacting but after multiple nights on the trot sleeping no more than 45-60 mins at a time I'm at the end of my tether. 6 year old goes to a non dom school and we are agnostic/atheist at home. School have been teaching them about Jesus and Easter etc including how Jesus was crucified. I now have a sobbing child every night who can't get the pictures out if her mind (and I'm not surprised!!)and subsequently cant sleep from about midnight, crying. Aibu to complain to school that 6 is way too young to be taught this?!

By all means then deny that it is true (after all, some people still think the earth is flat)

Yup, comparing non-Christians to flat earthers.

Okay... I'll try again.

My point is that to deny the historically-proven facts of Jesus existence and the historically-proven facts of certain New Testament events is to mislead people. It's so easy to find this information online.

It IS possible for you to encourage your child to join in with school like but remind them that everyone believes different things. Teach them RESPECT.

And let your child decide for themselves.

I would love to know what church you attend.

Why do you have to be so bloody offensive!

Watch Spartacus with your child OP. They all get crucified at the end! 😉

Agreed, it feels like the same energy as the people who say "my parents hit me and it didn't do any harm" except that they are adults advocating for hurting small children so clearly a bit messed up!

Speaking as a primary school teacher, I think you just have a sensitive kid. Kids can, and do, get tied up about the most nothingy subjects. Not that long ago, I had a kid go home and have nightmares about Florence Nightingale's dirty hospital in the Crimea. She's a common topic in Yr1/2.
I've also had kids cry over the great fire of London, police sirens in our "people who help us" topic, dead dinosaurs, deforestation, Victorian schools - an endless list.
Personally, I think the religion element is bugging you more.

Exactly this.

Which historically proven facts are these?

A man called Joshua bar Joseph was crucified on the orders of Pontius Pilate.

Crucifixion was a common Roman method of execution.

I mean, probably best not to tell her that crucifixion is still used in parts of the world today.

But whagt if they cover other religions at other times, and this was Christianity's turn?

Yes, what with it being Easter and all... It was kind of topical 😁

Especially that this is archaic language (King James translation), and "fear" meant "respect" - ie acknowledgement of God's power, might and authority.

Also some traitors.

Anne Boleyn could have been burned alive. The law allowed for it. She was lucky to suffer mere decapitation. And especially lucky that it was carried out with a sword, rather than an axe.

("Lucky" is doing some heavy lifting here, obviously . . . )

No - God hates the behaviourof loads of people - not the people themselves.

@Emotionalsupportviper This is a popular way of explaining it and I used to subscribe to it myself. But it's not scriptural.

God hates all manner of people who don't follow his law. We're told this again and again in the Bible.

That's why they'll be thrown into the fire where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth, unless they change their ways.

@Sortyourlifeout I am Catholic but I watch a lot of Protestant Youtube discernment channels. They're pretty good at showing what the Bible actually says. It's called Christianity, not nice-tianity. Jesus wasn't all sweetness and light.

@Emotionalsupportviper We can know a lot about God and what he's like, as it's shown in his Word.

No this priest genuinely was batshit crazy, I've never seen anything like the service he did, he disappeared a few years later and turns out he's up on charges for child abuse and has absconded to another country, HE is effing disgusting. Conversely the priest who did mybgrans funeral for example a year later in a different parish was an absolute sweetheart, running between a few families in need, beautiful personalised service, kind and pleasant, couldn't fault him.

We explained to our neice that the priest believes after we die we'll meet again, which leads down the route of her suddenly realising she will die. Such a fun conversation...

I DONT believe in God or life after death or any other myth or legend not founded on probable fact so I absolutely wouldn't be explaining to a child that God would be saving anyone or any of that claptrap and nor would I be teaching a child that. Plenty of effort made on our part to make our children aware of realities and answer their questions factually

You seem to really enjoy that idea.

I'll be praying for you.

We explained to our neice that the priest believes after we die we'll meet again, which leads down the route of her suddenly realising she will die. Such a fun conversation

@Forgooodnesssakenow Sooner or later they will have that realization so there you go- you would've had to deal with it at some point anyway. It could easily have been prompted by something else like a child losing a loved one etc.

@Sortyourlifeout Thanks. I'll pray for you too.

This made me laugh so much.

I don't know ESV, but they CLEARLY have a munch better understanding of the Bible than you, so I look forward to their reply.

Jesus taught love. If we want to know how to behave, we look to try and be more like Him.

We are saved by salvation and through salvation alone. Not by condemning others and teaching things that simply aren't true.

Well, you do you.
But stop demanding to know why other people are ok with their Reception children being taught about torture and execution with reference to the story of Jesus, and likening it to them being presented with a life sized statue of someone dying in the electric chair.
It's hysterical nonsense and you can't hope to be taken seriously.