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References to sex and "teh EEBIL ghey" aren't anywhere NEAR as prevalent (or invasive) as you guys think -- you lot have some *dirty* minds, though!
Aah, crap, this kid is DOOMED.
This reminds me of a fundie I know personally, whose children are so sadly maladjusted to the world. Her daughter tattles on herself for every little thing, including because she 'asked a boy out'. She also tells the truth even when it is absolutely unnecessary and hurtful, but then gets upset when she realizes that what she said could be considered hurtful, and immediately repents to god.
Then there's her son, who is deaf. Sadly, we live in a very small town and no one in his life aside from his teachers and his fundie family know sign language well enough to communicate with him. Likewise, his reading is very poor, so most of the information he receives is of the Fire-and-Brimstone variety, which has led to him having nightmares almost nightly about burning in hell. Anything 'satanic' also scares the piss out of him; I remember at one point I came over to babysit him and his sister, and my purse at the time was covered in pink and white Jolly Rogers. He started PANICKING over the skulls, it was actually rather sad.
Children with learning disabilities or physical disabilities that hinder their abilities to interact with others and absorb information are the quickest to be brainwashed by their parents, and the hardest to reprogram. It's tragic.
Lev.21:17-23
God isn't keen on those less than physically perfect.
I'm going out on a limb here, but I would guess that plenty of deaf people have had sex, straight and gay and have also committed violent crimes.
Your child is still a human being.Human nature doesn't care if someone is deaf or blind or anything else.
You don't say how old your child is but at some point he/she will find someone that they are attracted to and will want to have sex.
I hope your child doesn't go down a violent path but if you keep him from experiencing the real world, resentment builds and that is usually when people get violent.
Speaking as someone who's spent the bulk of his life deaf in one ear, there's no way in hell I would take any joy in someone dealing with hearing loss...much less total deafness.
Servant Thomas, you're a dickhead.
The bit about removing demonic influences from their home movies and books is pretty bland for a fundie. I can't imagine any fundie not saying this. Thanking God that his child is deaf, is the creepy part. I thank God that Servant Thomas is probably too stupid to do anything but fester in his own home and not bother anyone else. (But I have to ask God why he made Servant Thomas in the FIRST PLACE? Why not make something the world has a shortage of, like a unicorn?)
How odd because I find plenty of shows without those references. I swear these people are trained to misconstrue the slightest thing.
Thanking god for your child being deaf sure is one way to make them hate you early in life. I almost hope their kid reads that comment.
Perhaps you could stab his eyes out with a pair of scissors? After all, people get 80% of the information they receive from the outside world through the eyes. If he was blind he could take in even less of the world's junk. But if you're going to do that, why not just kill him completely? That way he won't take in any junk (or breath) at all...
...There's been stupid and sick quotes on here, but, especially as someone who wants to be a musician one day, I can't even imagine the kind of fucking insanity that would provoke one to be GLAD that their child is deaf. :/
You heartless bastard! You are totally unfit to be a parent. How dare you give thanks that your child suffers such a disability. If your Jesus were to come into the world to call you all (not that I believe this: BUT YOU DO) your child wouldn't hear! Some loving parent! You are one mentally warped fuck! Better far that a child have full faculties than miss out on the joy of sound - poetry, music, companionship and all the other wonderful things sound means to us - the roar of thunder, the marvel of a jet flying past, the song of the sea, the growling of a storm - and the sheer warnings of danger that sound conveys. You are either selfish to the point where you are beyond the stupidest possibile, or you are the most unfit parent ever.
Why not pray that your child should also be struck blind and parylised, and then in a few years be taken by a slow agonising disease. It's all of a kind with your initial thanksgiving. You are evil, and your prayer is a curse inspired by demons. FOAD.
my parents raised me by letting me watch anything i wanted. not only that, they often watched movies and tv with me. i'm an adult now and i can say with 100% certainty that watching images on a screen absolutely does not "turn" your children into killers, rapists, etc. it is up to the parents to put the things children see and experience into context and explain to them that most of what they see is FICTION.
"I try to find things that don't have sex, gay references, or violence in them for my kid to watch"
Once he's a teenager, this will become super creepy.
Yes, thank God that your child will never be able to hear a piece of music, or hear your voice when you speak to him. Clearly, something like this is a sign of His mercy.
Not.
....but I thank God that my child is deaf .
Aren't you the Good Parent?
These people are nothing short of nasty and mean.
'I thank God that my child is deaf.'
What a SICK thing to say, fuckwit Thomas. Anyone who would wish hearing loss on a child is an evil SOB. Too bad one can't 'cancel' fundy pastors' sermons.
Yea, it's a blessing that Servant Thomas's son doesn't have have to hear him. You just know that Servant Thomas is a stupid pratt. Unfortunately, Servant Thomas's son's deafness is the least of his troubles, because the unfortunate boy has inherited his parents genes. Undoubtedly, their are the genes of complete morons. Poor lad.
What? You acctually considers deafness as a blessing from God?
The word "wholesome" makes me cringe. Sure it's good with educational fun for kids, but I don't think that is what he means. Stories out of the bible, maybe? (And there is no sex or violence in there, nooooo!)
Buy some children's DVDs for the kid, if he's young he can se them over and over and over and over again.
Only a fundie could thank God for making his child deaf. Only a fundie could fail to grasp that television is a visual medium and that deaf people can learn to lip read. Or that deaf people know what sex is and how to do it. Or that deaf people can recognise the sight of things blowing up and people beating the shit out of each other.
Heck, deaf people can even read the fucking Bible.
LadyJafaria: There's a site like that out there, where a deaf woman teaches you how to say nasty things in sign language.
I don't have cable (or satellite) either, but for completely different reasons. Most of what's on TV is complete shit, and I can buy the shows I like on DVD - commercial-free!
@ Lady Jafaria:
There's always the middle finger!
I do have to say, I kinda pity kids today. Most cartoons, what few there are these days, are bland crap. The cartoons I watched were accused of being commercials for toys, but at least they were well written and fun! Everything today has to be "educational". News flash: you can be educational without being boring! MLP:FIM and Word Girl are both proof this is so. (They're about the only 2 good toons out there today.)
I couldn't have been happier when the local retro station began airing a block of old 80's Filmation toons on Saturdays. Me and my husband make pancakes or waffles of muffins and watch 'em.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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