Thursday, July 3, 2008

Rewriting the Bible

As part of the curriculum of the day camp, we teach the Bible twice a week in my classroom. Our lessons this summer are about the different names of God in the bible (i.e. Jehovah, Abba, Elohim). Apparently my kids are writing their own version of the Bible. Below are some of their personal adaptations.
* God's son? Now named Eve.
* Jesus? He is coming back to the city to visit each person who believes in Him and hang out with them.
* Abraham? That refers to Abraham Lincoln.
* When your sins are forgiven God puts them far away, like in a desert. (which totally explains Los Vegas)
* God loves everyone, but He loves some of us more than others.
* God created video games, swimming pools, candy, dirt bikes, televisions, and money. These are needs, not wants.
*God is everyone's Father, but we don't need anymore brothers or sisters. (quote - we were talking about God being everyone's father and the kids were talking about the idea of us all being brothers and sisters, and one boy said "No!! I don't want any more brothers or sisters!!")
* Drawings of Jesus are actual pictures of Him - apparently there were cameras 2000 years ago.

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