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from rainy Friday, July 13, 2007 - 03:10 (Agree/Disagree?) "I wanna see children who are as willing to lay down their lives for Jesus as the suicide bombers are for Islam" -says it all. (reply to this comment)

from A Book Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 21:38 (Agree/Disagree?) There is a great memoir by a woman named Julia Scheeres who spent time at a Jesus Camp/TTC/Victor Camp type place and had parents who remind me of mine (IF mine worked for a living and did not sleep around): http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Land-Memoir-Julia-Scheeres/dp/1582433542/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9518147-3748814?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184214991&sr=1-1 (reply to this comment)

From moon beam Thursday, July 12, 2007, 10:47 (Agree/Disagree?) Thank,s I will check it out.(reply to this comment)

From afflick Saturday, July 14, 2007, 15:11 (Agree/Disagree?) I read that book about six months ago. What Julia went through with parents who "loved" Jesus so much but didn't love their children and considered raising them (and even adopting more) as a burden to bear for God was relatable for me. I do feel like my own parents loved us kids but the focus was always on "the missionaries" on the field. My parents lived in Canada and my dad REFUSED to raise six kids "by faith" so we were mainly in supportive roles: allowing road teams to stay with us and giving hundreds of dollars in title (along with many personal gifts of cash to families we knew who were about to go to India or whatever.) The glorious mission field was the focus for my mother as I grew up and she even took me to a mall close to my school when I was between 9 and 12 years old to litness to my classmates and raise money for "the missionaries." Cringe. Of course, Julia's story is much more extreme than mine, but that is a good book for people who grew up in TFI. Another is The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. (reply to this comment)

From and Saturday, July 14, 2007, 17:26 (Agree/Disagree?) "The Liars' Club" by Mary Karr. Also, "The Unwanted" by Kien Nguyen.(reply to this comment)

from figaro Monday, July 09, 2007 - 13:19 (Agree/Disagree?) I feel so so bad for those poor, poor kids. they should be taken from these parents. they deserve a chance, these "parents" don't deserve kids. (reply to this comment)

from figaro Monday, July 09, 2007 - 12:50 (Agree/Disagree?) I love how she talks about the fat lazy people who don't want to give up their evening meals, who are too into food and being fat to fast for a month. I wonder when the last time she went more then 3 hours without eating. what does she weigh, like 275? This shit makes me sick! (reply to this comment)

from scorpion Monday, July 09, 2007 - 09:50 (Agree/Disagree?) fukin stupid fat slut whore crackhead!!!! how tha fuk can ppl do that to kids?! they should be in school learning about sex, drugs, guns not listening to some obese fuk that whos depressed cause shes never got fuked and deciedes to try to fukin ruin those inoccent kids lifes!! thats why so many fukin kids grow up fuked up!! ther so called cockroach bitch fuk parents try to teach them somthing they dont have the clue about and end up teaching it twisted and the kid grows up wit a fuked up mind! ther parents ar to busy gettin high or suckin some dick to get another cuff!! props to david!! to bad he couldnt get a couple more of those stupid child molesting junkies!! now theres unfinished business.... only time will tell (reply to this comment)

From rainy Monday, July 09, 2007, 13:05 (Agree/Disagree?) Just do future generations a favour, Scorpion, and never breed.(reply to this comment)

From scorpion Monday, July 09, 2007, 21:03 (Agree/Disagree?) when i if i do decide to have kids theyll be the next superstars!!! "or the ANTICHRIST!!!" haha(reply to this comment)

From PopNFresh Monday, July 09, 2007, 23:36 (Agree/Disagree?) That's just as bad as making them endtime prophets. My future kids will be nothing but kids until they grow up. I won't drag them into the wreck that was my childhood.(reply to this comment)