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Originally Posted by Ohio
Our place sent our graduating seniors to Taipei and Irving that summer. It was supposed to help their faith and love in Jesus. Think about the impact on these young people when their baptism experience culminates with challenges to dunk all the "old" saints in the water. Reminds me of the carnival attraction....
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I think a carnival is an apt metaphor. Rooting, tooting, colored wheels spinning, pulse racing, jugglers and clowns dancing, shouting and arm-waving... the young people got some momentary excitement, which was supposedly analogous to the "spirit".
Ultimately, they got nothing but confusion, frustration, discouragement. But who cares, as long as the carnival can wheel on to the next town. As PT Barnum learned well, as long as you can fool some of the people most of the time, you can make a living at it.
All those young college students lining up last summer in Illinois to consecrate themselves to Christ and His True Church, His Unique Ministry, His Up-to-date Speaking and His Final Move to End the Age reminds me of nothing so much as this. Whip up the hype, line them up. Works every time, so it seems.
http://www.ageturners.com/overflow-f...ge-training-2/
And if you really want to see a carnival in all its bare glory, look at DYL Brasilians. Jumping up and down and shouting nursery rhymes. I daresay only the Shouters of China have them beat.