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My son goes to a religious school. Last weekend they had a big fair and we took our son to play games and help raise funds for the school.
They had several games for the kids and for one of them, a bowling game, the prize was a golden fish. My son got one and I started trying to convince him that we shouldn't take the little fish home. We don't have a fish bowl or fish food. Anyways, one of the other moms told us then that her kid got a fish last year at the same fair. She then started telling us how she didn't want to feed the fish and let it starve to death! She thought we'd have "fun" with her story; she was giving us all the details on how the little creature showed despair while starving. I was so shocked!! I asked her why she did such a horrible thing and she quickly changed her tone and said she didn't know why... I had that terrible story in my mind for the whole night. Then I ask myself why we, humans, think we possess the right to decide who of God's creations deserves to die or to live! This is a religious school!! The previous chapel day the pastor was talking about compassion and kindness...
We all should be very careful when we state we "are" christians or whatever other religion. In my opinion we should simply say "I try to follow Jesus' teachings". It's a huge responsability to say "I'm a christian". In my opinion we should take this more seriously and be more grateful for God's beautiful creations.

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