Does anyone else find this a bit odd?

[galaxy]

ds was 12 today and invited his girlfriend to the pics. She wanted her best friend to go too so we paid for lunch and the pics for the 3 of them.

We weren't expecting him to get presents so were pleasantly surprised when he did.

The friend gave him a "Christian" video together with a pamphlet all about God. Her mum and dad had given it to her to give to him.

He thanked her of course but I think found it very odd. I do too. We were bought up as churchgoers but I wouldn't dream of giving someone I've never met a religious gift.

I know it's not important in the grand scale of things and it as lovely that they wanted to give him a present, but anyone else find it a bit strange or is it just me?

They believe that Jesus wasn't born on Xmas day. so they don't celebarte it

And they do believe that Jesus is the son of god

we all know really don't we that jesus wasn't born on the 25th dec. that date was chosen to celebrate it, partly to coincide with the winter solstice.we don't when he was actually born, so have to choose a date.
what about birthdays? why don't witnesses celebrate them?

Thanks for the explanation Sm! Why don't witnesses celebrate birthdays then? I remeber in the dim and distant past a witness friend saying something about it being a pagan tradition or have I got that completely wrong.

Clare LOL

Galaxy, is the church youth group play still a surprise? how will your ds feel about going?
IMO i wouldn't have let him go, but then I had religion rammed down my throat as a child, so I don't do the same to my children

Yes they believe it is a Pagan tradition, and it was started way way back. The first birthday was a princess who want a mans head brought to her on a silver plate, and her father did it.

Thanks for the explanation sm

ds and I had a talk last night and he is quite smitten with her but he was adament that he has no interest in religion. He's been primed to find out what church she goes to but no doubt he'll forget.

I'm not overly worried about the play. He's very mature and wont be pressurised into carrying on with something he's not happy about.

tbh, I went to a church youth group when I was about his age and really enjoyed it for the social side. He does nothing outside of school/home so if it's something he finds he enjoys then I'm happy with that.

I did say to dh last night that as much as dh doesn't want ds to "find" religion, he needs to be able to make up his own mind about that and not be pressurised either way by us or anyone else.

As long as it's not a "Happy Clappy" type church group then I'm not overly worried. He goes to his mums on a Sunday anyway, so the worst that can happen is that he enjoys the youth group side of it.

ds just got back and the mum dropped off and spouted about God to me on the doorstep.

They are normal Christians who go to a C of E church. But, he go there about 4 O'clock and his comment on coming up to see his dad was "they've talked about God constantly since 4 O'clock". He sat and watched a video about Jesus at their house. Apparently they started of watching Daddy Day Care and then the younger siblings came back and wanted to watch the Jesus video.

He says the show was good and has come home with the "STreet Bible" which is a modern version of the bible.

hmm.......thought it was ok up until that point.

They sound rather like Ned Flanders and his family in the Simpsons.

Sorry, I wasn't clear - did your DS start spouting about God, or the mother?

Caligula. She dropped him off and was in "raptures" about what a fabulous show it was. I asked her what church she went to and it is a local c of e parish church. She then started talking about how you have to be careful of cults etc and the Plymouth Brethran are just up the road from us. Did we know? Yes I said.

All of a sudden, she started talking about how Revelation predicts that the before the end of the world there will be an abundance of cults, earthquakes, floods etc. Just what's happening today she says. ds is standing next to me at this point.

Quite ashamed to say I didn't tell her to shut up at this point. I just carried on smiling and being polite.

dh and I spoke for a long time about this last night and whilst we're happy for this girl to come round here, we don't feel comfortable with him going back to her house again.

Sorry, Galaxy, but I'd be a bit worried. I would definitely not want my ds going to their house and I would find it deeply offensive that another family sought to push their religion on my child.

Oh, sorry, just seen your message that you're not offended by it. Fair enough then, but it still is very odd behaviour.

I wasn't offended to start with but that was before last night. Now not happy at all.