‘Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.’ Oswald Chambers
Well, it’s that time of year again.
Every October Utah’s chilly air seems to get colder faster as it carries a dark interpretation of the Mormon god who reminds everyone it’s General Conference time.
Melissa asked me to check out a page on the Church’s site aimed at LDS children, hence, our focus today. As of Friday, October 4th, the Church’s front page offered several activities kids could do to help keep them focused on what speakers would be saying at the October conference. The main idea was for kids to color in the images of different items pertaining to the talk being given at the time.
You can also find the same info on their FB page here. As an FYI, we’ll be discussing their other talks throughout the week. For today we have a few questions, the first stemming from what it said on their FB page.
“Listen carefully to general conference, and when a speaker talks about one of the topics below, cover that square with a marker (such as a bean, button, or piece of candy). See if you can cover five squares in a row. Then see if you can cover all of the squares.”
Question –
Why is the Church teaching kids how to play bingo? Historically speaking, they’ve always taught this is a form of gambling, which they’ve declared is a sinful behavior! We wrote about the Church’s firm stance on this topic just a couple of months ago.
There were other issues/problems with this whole idea of keeping the kids busy during conference.
Question –
We’re wondering why they just don’t provide church classes?
Why does the Church close its doors on Sundays of all days, to watch and listen to ‘inspired’ leaders?
Why have they closed themselves off to the general public, if it’s General Conference?
The article on their front page included a 7 page PDF parents can print out to keep their kids busy. Each page has bingo-like activity cards they’ve dubbed ‘Conference Squares’, that are filled with various church related images.
We found it odd that all 7 pages included drawings of their prophet, Russell Nelson. Their FB edition of coloring pages included the other top leaders of the Church, however, Nelson’s image was there as well.
It’s impossible to ignore the problem they’ve created with graven images… Melissa and others we’ve spoken with have all thought it seems strange they’d want children to color in pictures of their leaders. Why aren’t they coloring images of historical events from the Bible?
Why have they fixated much of their attention on one man (Russell Nelson)?
Not surprising of course, there wasn’t a single cross to be found in any of the images. I couldn’t help but think of 1 Corinthians 1:18 —
“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”
Please, pray for the kids, and parents who succumb to this falsehood and for them to stop and think about what they’re doing!
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
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