child soldiers

[Guest lnj]

It's the world we live in UNFORTUNATELY. Child soldiers are NOTHING NEW it has been around for eons....Adults treating children badly is another human trait eg: chimney sweeps in good old England were as young as 8 and alot of the kids often met their deaths in a filthy chimney.

Child slavery, and so on.............

The thought of my sons being USED for the sake of war in an adults world makes me frightened to death.

[quieth3art]

My oldest son is a volunteer with the Invisible Children Organization. He is always sending me DVDs of children they have helped. Their stories are horrific. They began their mission in Uganda but now are spreading out to help children all over the world.

We all have a God-given responsibility to reach out and help in any way that we can. You can find Invisible Children easily by doing a web search. That is only the tip of the iceberg but we have to start somewhere.

[MorningGlory]

Sometimes they enter military service wilfully, too...some families (mothers included) consider it something to be proud of...'cause, you know, there's a special reward for those who die fighting when they meet Allah

Uganda is about a third Muslim. Is it only Muslims who are being forced into the military? Why does Uganda need to force ANYONE into military service; are they at war? Why are so many Africans converting to the cult of Islam? Why are Muslims so barbaric? Questions, questions. Does anyone know?

[Iryssa]

Sometimes they enter military service wilfully, too...some families (mothers included) consider it something to be proud of...'cause, you know, there's a special reward for those who die fighting when they meet Allah

Uganda is about a third Muslim. Is it only Muslims who are being forced into the military? Why does Uganda need to force ANYONE into military service; are they at war? Why are so many Africans converting to the cult of Islam? Why are Muslims so barbaric? Questions, questions. Does anyone know?

I don't think it's only Muslims that are being forced into service...but it's probably only Muslims who are sending their children in willingly (I could be wrong, of course, but that seems to be the case from what I can tell).

Muslim teachers can be very convincing. They seem to have answers for a lot of things, especially when they can get away with circular logic. Not to mention there are parts of Muslim belief that come close to the Truth, but that aren't (lies are always easier to believe when they're just the truth being twisted).

I think the sending kids to war thing is a part of the wartime teachings of the Koran...from what I can tell, the Koran seems to have distinct teachings: those for times of war and those for times of peace. I think a lot f the differences between the "types" of Muslims out there seem to stem from this. As far as the "why" of the barbarism...well, I suppose it's a thing that happens in corrupted teachings. Satan is...well...wicked that way.

[peaches]

actually, there are hardly any kids who go into this willingly. the story is so complicated and so screwed up. here is a summary of whats going on that i found on here:

African history for well over a century has been largely written in terms of war, domination, brutality and plunder, by both external and internal forces. Many of these problems were put in place or exacerbated by colonialism in the late 1800s.

Uganda, made a protectorate of the British Empire in 1894, was no exception. Britain

[peaches]

according to the documentary, there arent any known cases of children who have joined the LRA willingly. but there is a very high risk of it happening soon because of this:

when child soldiers are rescued, they are thrown in the displacement camps were they live with people whose family they have terrorized. also in the camps, are children of Kony, the LRA leader, whom he had with girls he kidnapped. naturally, everyone in the camps is gonna hate those kids since they are either the ones who cut off their nose/mouth/ears/limbs/all of them or is the one who killed their husband, wife, child, sister .....

these kids are total outcasts because of what they have been forced to do or who they are borne from such that they wanna go back to the LRA....

its a sad sad situation.

i really dont know what to do with myself....this is all so confusing in my head.

the LRA, just yesterday, was talking about going to war if peace talks arent held were they want them to be held.

also in the news today .....

VIENNA, Austria - Austrian authorities said Wednesday they have uncovered a major international child pornography ring involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries, including hundreds in the United States, who paid to view videos of young children being sexually abused.

The children were under the age of 14 and screams could be heard, said Harald Gremel, an Austrian police expert on Internet crime who headed the investigation.

if you want to read it, the rest of hte article is here

what is happening?????

[nika]

Romans 1:21-25

21 They knew God. But they didn't honor him as God. They didn't thank him. Their thinking became worthless. Their foolish hearts became dark. 22 They claimed to be wise. But they made fools of themselves. 23 They would rather have statues of gods than the glorious God who lives forever. Their statues of gods are made to look like people, birds, animals and reptiles.

24 So God let them go. He allowed them to do what their sinful hearts wanted to. He let them commit sexual sins. They polluted one another's bodies by what they did.

25 They chose a lie instead of God's truth. They worshiped and served created things. They didn't worship the Creator. But he must be praised forever. Amen.

thats what i think is happening in the world. Also, i think the amount of people who simply pity these children yet sleep soundly at night is a world wide problem. Yes, it is an unspeakable horror that these children go trhough these things, but i think there is a bigger problem in that the rest of the world is so willing to say how sad it looks on TV and then go through thier day. we need to pray without ceasing for these children and do what we can to help. If everyone who said how sad it was actually did something small to help we could put a huge roadblock in child pornography and child soldiers. just a thought though

[Guest lnj]

Just going totally off track, King David killed Goliath at the age of 12(?).....We know that this was ordained by God Himself.

Just a by thought, the mentallity of some boys at that age, and I refer to them as still children, I have 4 boys from ages 7 to 13 and all have expressed being a soldier at one point or another.

Not justifying child soldiers in anyway..but there is an element of boys who find the idea of warlike behaviour thrilling BUT that is purely from an imagined perspective...video games glamourize and are void of the absolute horror and mental torment of witnessing killing and outright murder.

[peaches]

Just going totally off track, King David killed Goliath at the age of 12(?).....We know that this was ordained by God Himself.

Just a by thought, the mentallity of some boys at that age, and I refer to them as still children, I have 4 boys from ages 7 to 13 and all have expressed being a soldier at one point or another.

Not justifying child soldiers in anyway..but there is an element of boys who find the idea of warlike behaviour thrilling BUT that is purely from an imagined perspective...video games glamourize and are void of the absolute horror and mental torment of witnessing killing and outright murder.

yea....that is off track as these kids are forced into this. i doubt even one kid in Uganda would choose this life. they are kidnapped at night and some are forced to kill their parents first before they are taken away to start training.....

thats what i think is happening in the world. Also, i think the amount of people who simply pity these children yet sleep soundly at night is a world wide problem. Yes, it is an unspeakable horror that these children go trhough these things, but i think there is a bigger problem in that the rest of the world is so willing to say how sad it looks on TV and then go through thier day. we need to pray without ceasing for these children and do what we can to help. If everyone who said how sad it was actually did something small to help we could put a huge roadblock in child pornography and child soldiers. just a thought though

you are so right. there is LOTS we can do to help without even spending a dime. people just have to want to help, thats all. whats sad about it is that if you were to go to Uganda right now, these people would rejoice that their story is getting out into the world and everyone is gonna be outraged and immediately start helping.

they have no idea how complacent we have become and how lazy our love is.

[mrs]

Just going totally off track, King David killed Goliath at the age of 12(?).....We know that this was ordained by God Himself.

Just a by thought, the mentallity of some boys at that age, and I refer to them as still children, I have 4 boys from ages 7 to 13 and all have expressed being a soldier at one point or another.

Not justifying child soldiers in anyway..but there is an element of boys who find the idea of warlike behaviour thrilling BUT that is purely from an imagined perspective...video games glamourize and are void of the absolute horror and mental torment of witnessing killing and outright murder.

yea....that is off track as these kids are forced into this. i doubt even one kid in Uganda would choose this life. they are kidnapped at night and some are forced to kill their parents first before they are taken away to start training.....

thats what i think is happening in the world. Also, i think the amount of people who simply pity these children yet sleep soundly at night is a world wide problem. Yes, it is an unspeakable horror that these children go trhough these things, but i think there is a bigger problem in that the rest of the world is so willing to say how sad it looks on TV and then go through thier day. we need to pray without ceasing for these children and do what we can to help. If everyone who said how sad it was actually did something small to help we could put a huge roadblock in child pornography and child soldiers. just a thought though

you are so right. there is LOTS we can do to help without even spending a dime. people just have to want to help, thats all. whats sad about it is that if you were to go to Uganda right now, these people would rejoice that their story is getting out into the world and everyone is gonna be outraged and immediately start helping.

they have no idea how complacent we have become and how lazy our love is.

forced to killl their parents???? how sick can people get