Pint-Size Preachers
[Seven year old] Samuel is a Baptist preacher at a church in his home town of Brookhaven, a small town in southwestern Mississippi. He also preaches outside in front of the local Wal-Mart, and has preached on the road in Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Washington D.C., and the streets of New York City.Looking at this from another angle, who wants a seven year old telling them how to live their life? Are people really this stupid?
I feel very sorry for these children and have nothing but contempt for their addled-brained parents who would use and abuse them in this way.
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3 comments:
Hey, you gotta cash in on the kids before they get wise and spend all their money on drugs. Besides Jeebus went around apreachin' when he was just a yougin' and if it's good enough for Jeebus, it's good enough for Cleetus.
Well-said, UP.
This isn't all that new. There is a character in the Dreiser novel from the twenties, "An American Tragedy" that is forced by his parents to preach when he is a little boy. The character ultimately is executed for murder. This book eventually became an Elizabeth Taylor/Montgomery Clift movie called "A Place in the Sun."
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