Comments on: Christian children all must be / Mild, obedient, good as He (i.e. not) http://blog.dmcleish.id.au/2007/11/07/christian-children-all-must-be-mild-obedient-good-as-he-ie-not/ Ramblings on atheism and life from Sydney, Australia. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:23:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sue http://blog.dmcleish.id.au/2007/11/07/christian-children-all-must-be-mild-obedient-good-as-he-ie-not/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Sue Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:58:58 +0000 http://www.wordpress.dmcleish.id.au/?p=6#comment-19 I agree with you - I was most definitely a Christian child. The fact that I was one because my parents had brought me up to be one doesn't make it any less true. And I know for a fact that I self-identified as "a Christian child" because that line from Once in Royal David's City used to make me feel violently furious - that just because I was a Christian, I was expected to be *good* all the time. It seemed deeply unreasonable. I agree with you – I was most definitely a Christian child. The fact that I was one because my parents had brought me up to be one doesn’t make it any less true.

And I know for a fact that I self-identified as “a Christian child” because that line from Once in Royal David’s City used to make me feel violently furious – that just because I was a Christian, I was expected to be *good* all the time. It seemed deeply unreasonable.

]]>