Community BBQ or Family Threat?
Last night we went to an event at the kids’ school put on by the Baptists. It was a weird event– at the end of the day they put up a bunch of gigantic bouncy things and invited the kids to what they called a Community Event. Earlier in the week the school sent home an invitation. It was impossible to say no to the boys without telling them why. For me the “why” would have been something like–“Hey kids, we can’t go to that event because the Baptists actively campaign against our marriage and family in the two countries we are citizens of and they don’t support our family so we can’t go to their event and eat their hot-dogs because it is a trick.” That message seemed inappropriate for children, so I took them to the event. They had a couple of guys playing music who were super talented, some hamburgers and hot-dogs, and a bunch of games for the kids, manned by very attractive teenagers. Some other parents who we know from the school were also there. The kids had a fantastic time with their friends and everything was free. All in all, it was a great event for the kids. I ended up having a couple of weird conversations with two of the Baptists. One was taking part in a survey that I answered honestly. The girl doing the survey asked if I believed in heaven or hell and I said no. Then she asked what happens after I die, and I said I honestly didn’t know. She didn’t seem to like my answer and prodded “What do you think happens?” I thought about it for a moment and realized that I really don’t know, and said so (as I answered her I realized I am kind of okay with not knowing). I realized no one really knows. I could tell she was pretty uncomfortable with my answer. She asked if she could show me what the Bible says,...
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