Chicago Christian haunted house depicting Pulse massacre canceled
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The horrible thing is that this isn't abnormal for a Hell House. There are people so vicious and arrogant that they regard mass murders as divine retribution.
That's the really frightening thing about situations like this. Someone ought to make a house of horrors showing the callousness and indifference to suffering of people sitting around smugly exploiting the suffering of others.
That's the really frightening thing about situations like this. Someone ought to make a house of horrors showing the callousness and indifference to suffering of people sitting around smugly exploiting the suffering of others.
Aside from the cruelty and bigotry of the decision to depict the Pulse massacre, what is a public school (I clicked through) co-hosting an event with a Christian organization? They bill the haunted house as a ""Christian interactive experience."
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From the Windy City Times:
Yeah, it's been an officially announced event for how long and CPS is just now figuring out "the event organizers mischaracterized the true content"? Either somebody didn't do their due diligence or decided it didn't matter.
Yeah, it's been an officially announced event for how long and CPS is just now figuring out "the event organizers mischaracterized the true content"? Either somebody didn't do their due diligence or decided it didn't matter.
More likely, they were indifferent until social media created huge and well deserved outrage and backlash.
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The sooner anyone who thinks this was a good idea gets raptured off the planet, the better off the rest of us will be.
I assume the school was motivated by the offer of money from the rental of the property for the weekend.
You'd think they'd be curious about a 'Christian' group wanting to do an 'interactive experience' at Hallowe'en. Usually that kind of Christian group is active this time of year trying to ban Hallowe'en (Satan's evil influence, etc).
Their wanting to put on a show of any sort should have raised questions.
You'd think they'd be curious about a 'Christian' group wanting to do an 'interactive experience' at Hallowe'en. Usually that kind of Christian group is active this time of year trying to ban Hallowe'en (Satan's evil influence, etc).
Their wanting to put on a show of any sort should have raised questions.
In my opinion, it's more they want to ban anything Pagan related. They are fine with anything that supports their view of the world, and what better than to show the horrors that they believe rightfully await homosexuals.
Yeah, this was my thought.
I would expect a public school to exercise greater care when collaborating with a religious organization to ensure that any events are reasonably inclusive.
But also, as others have mentioned, these types of "Hell Houses" are known to have scenes like these.
I have a pretty liberal view of what sort of topics children can potentially handle, but if I took my child to a haunted house sponsored by a public elementary school, I would be expecting pretty tame, innocent scares like rattling doors or spooky noises. I wouldn't be expecting to have a conversation with my child about different moral beliefs regarding abortion or something.
Also, a lot of those attractions actively proselytize at the end and try to pressure visitors to accept Jesus as their personal savior.
There are so many pitfalls here, the school would have been better off sponsoring an Indiana Jones-themed booby-trapped temple.
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Oh, no, not at all.
"Hell Houses" are a really common evangelical Christian gimmick around Halloween.
There are whole ministries devoted to producing them, terrifying innocents with visions of sin and then offering them their religion as a cure.
I'd love to ask some of these organizers how they feel about scaring children into making a statement of faith that will probably be retracted once their fright is over.
I'm pretty sure God doesn't just look at your "numbers" when you're judged, if you believe in that. It's not a case of you got ten converts so you're better than the guy who got none, or the woman who got twenty.
And isn't there something in there about bearing false witness? Scaring the hell out of kids to force them to adopt your religious views has got to be a sin in itself.
Yeah... some days I'm sort of happy to be Catholic - even with that set of issues.
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"unchurched people" -- Not "non-Christians", not "undecided", or "uncommitted." "Unchurched." Miss Sharon's faith seems to have gone on a bit of a wander off the garden paths.
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I think the people who create things like this believe so sincerely that non-believers are damned that they don't necessarily care how someone comes to be saved.
What I find interesting is the double-standard when it comes to violence and "controversial" issues. Who wants to bet that some of the people organizing this haunted house would be appalled if their children were exposed to a picture book about a child with gay parents, or were told about LGBT people in health class? How many ban violent R-rated movies at home? But showing gay people and violence is fine if it's to preach about sin.
On some level, I get it--context can matter to people. But one of the go-to arguments against acknowledging LGBT people in the classroom is that this is a "mature" topic and parents should be able to choose when and how to teach their kids about it. But exposing other people's unwitting children to scenes of homophobic violence to teach them that being gay is a sin? Totally fine.
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Plus it's perfectly fine to show scenes of people OD'ing or women dying from a botched abortion, two more popular subjects.
Sort of like the Hays Code in the 1930's. Goodness has to prevail in the end.
Sort of like the Hays Code in the 1930's. Goodness has to prevail in the end.
I used to host a Sunday School Halloween party. The most violent part was when someone broke the drywall during Pumpkin Bowling. Those pie pumpkins are harder than they look.
The thought that anyone would believe the Pulse tragedy appropriate for children (or adults!) is beyond my ken.
The thought that anyone would believe the Pulse tragedy appropriate for children (or adults!) is beyond my ken.
Imagine how over the moon this sort of shit makes me to be an atheist.
Yeah, me too.