[An article slamming Girl Scouts for not being about the Christian God.]
For years, the Girl Scouts offered young girls an opportunity to honor God and develop useful and practical skills. Today, the emphasis seems to have shifted to the adults who will serve as "guides" after having been indoctrinated with New Age beliefs through Ashland's "Coming into Your Own" personal development program. You can only imagine what some of the "outcomes" of these new life journeys will be.
While the scouting experience largely depends on the mindset of local leaders, even with the best of leaders, this curriculum will be in the hands of the girls. Therefore, for many, compromises have to be made in order to coexist with the national goals, tradition and programs.
The God of the Bible is a jealous God. He is all-powerful. We are to seek His will for our lives and live by His values, not create our own.
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"You can only imagine what some of the "outcomes" of these new life journeys will be."
Yes, why bother working it out for yourself when you can just save time by imagining it? Have you got any specifics you're worried about? No? What a surprise.
Jane, Jane, Jane. You God and your bible was invented during the time of flint and steel to light fires. 'Demons' caused plagues, and thought stoning people to death for planting wheat too close to oats.
Try crawling into the 21st century.
"The God of the Bible is a jealous God. He is all-powerful. We are to seek His will for our lives and live by His values, not create our own. "
He ain't all powerful. Iron chariots can beat him. So I presume guns and tanks would kick his ass.
Hell, lets have a god fight... Abrahamic God vs. Shiva... WHO WILL WIN! (I give it to Shiva, dude is just happy to have crazy kinky sex with his hot wife and is represented as a giant penis. More awesome than Jehovah)
"While the scouting experience largely depends on the mindset of local leaders, even with the best of leaders, this curriculum will be in the hands of the girls."
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't that the point of the GIRL Scouts?
"even with the best of leaders, this curriculum will be in the hands of the girls"
And we all know girls can't do anything right.
So, explain to me again why we have Girl Scouts in the first place, if you think the members are just going to fuck it up despite having the best leaders.
"... The God of the Bible is a jealous God. ..."
Not to mention, petty, irrational, uneducated, sadistic and psychotic - in fact, just the opposite of what one would expect of the all-powerful creator of the universe.
This hacks me off. I'm a life-long Girl Scout, and I worked for a Girl Scout camp for 7 years. The Girl Scouts do amazing things, and have a policy that EVERYONE is welcome, whether they're straight, gay, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, black, white, Asian, Native, disabled, etc. You can even be a Girl Scout if you're a male!
I think this fundie is upset because, unlike the Boy Scouts, GSUSA does not have a policy of discrimination.
Sorry, I had to rant a little.
For years, the Girl Scouts offered young girls an opportunity to honor God and develop useful and practical skills.
I've been in GS from the 3rd grade up until high school, and I don't think we "honored god" once. Well, we did meet in a church.
The God of the Bible is a jealous God.
So was my cousin's 1st husband, and she ended up leaving him.
He is all-powerful.
No he isnt. Once I had a bad ear infection. A preacher once told me that if I believed, god would heal me.I believed, I was prayed for, and I left the church, with an ear infection.
I have relized that either god a) Does not exist, or b) Exist but does not give a fuck about me.
We are to seek His will for our lives and live by His values, not create our own.
Stoned any rape victims lately?
Funny thing, my daughter's Girl Scout literature showed Girl Scouts of all countries, races and creeds. And that was awhile ago. I was going to call bullshit but then I realized it was World Nut Daily and realized that would be redundant.
I was in Girl Scouts more than 30 years ago. We never had any focus on your god or your religion then. If you want to force your child to bow to a jealous, all powerful god, go right ahead. There is no reason to force organizations outside your home to do your bidding.
I wasn't a girl scout, I was a cub scout. I swore to protect and serve the Queen of England, and did not repeat the line about God after explaining that I was anatheist. My cub leaders were confused that an eight-year-old girl knew those words.
"He is all-powerful."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jane is all-stupid.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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