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A Terrifying Sight

There is a video circulating on the internet today of  Prince George, the son of prince William and grand son of Princess Diana, learning his ABCs. In the video, an off screen voice says the letter, and Prince George - who is roughly 4 years old or so - replies by using a word that starts with that letter in a sentence. When the voice says “C”, for example, the child replies “cast your cares on the lord.”

All or nearly all of the sentences are dutifully repeated by the child using a sentence that clearly shows a unwavering devotion to Jesus, and also how the child’s “free will” has been completely eradicated through an indoctrination that no doubt started from birth.

The Christian would immediately object to this kind of teaching as pure immersive brainwashing if the child was doing this with anything other than God, but because it is their own special brand of the Christian god, Christians think it is clearly the most beautiful thing they have ever seen.

For Christians, such indoctrination is a necessary prophylactic against the world, even though everyone else sees it as mental enslavement.

A “friend” on Facebook posted the video, and declared how truly beautiful it was.

To me, however, it was one of the most terrifying things I have ever seen.

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