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Originally posted by imback
Thanks for filling me in Russ 
But still this must mean god is vengfull? To watch young children die hideous deaths, no matter if they are "going to better place".
I feel people who realy are believer, not just the ones that go to church once a year, they must very strong and dedcated people. I man it is al about fait, you are being asked to dedicate you who life to somehting you have never seen.
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At last!! Someone who knows a bit!!!
Yes God is a vengfull god but only against those who constantly sin. As for hideous deaths, my opinion (and this is exactly that:
my opinion, this is not neccessarily that of each Christian) is that whatever day they died, that was always marked as their 'death-day'. God had chosen that day for when they would pass on. Now the route in which they took to death is down to many factors.
For example they might die in a road accident, in which case it could be painless. They could die horrible deaths such as the Soham murders, in which case it would have been one man's (plus a woman?) actions inspired by the evil one. Had the killer not listened to Lucifer that day then I'm sure the 2 girls would have dies another way, again maybe a car accident or similar.
I'm not too good at theological explanations, I hope that made sense
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Russ, I have a question thats to do with Religious Education.
I have recently turned 27, no significance here, but it helps to set that I was in senior school from 1987 to 1992.
We were made to study RE between 1st and 3rd year. Even if we had been muslim we would have had to learn all about christianity.....which seems wrong to me somehow, I dont remember learning about other religions, and I'll confess mostly RE was a chance to get my head down for a quick hours nap......or annoy the teacher by claiming I worshipped satan (well I was a known metalhead in the school lol)
But in this day in age, russ, do you think as a religious person that religion should be forcefully taught in schools, or do you think it would be better to offer it to those who want to choose it?
Either way it would teach about all religion.
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I certainly do believe children should be taught about all religions, if anything it will teach tolerance and harmony as well as understanding. It should then be down to the parents to guide their children towards which (if any) religion would be best suited. I certainly want my daughter to learn about other faiths, but as parents we want what we think is the best for them, I will encourage her to follow Christianity.