Thought experiment:
You see a God. He has mortal, imperfect beings that worship him and proclaim to believe his word yet only follow it sometimes.
You see another God. He has eternal, perfect, glorious, heavenly beings that yet worship him and believe his word, and follow it exactly and perfectly, immediately whenever he commands.
Which God is greater?
This is one of the dumbest arguments to me.
Of course God is our God, forever and always.
My father will always be my father. He will always have a place of love and honor and respect. He will always be the pater familias of our clan and will be revered and honored for as many generations as I can help.
My becoming a father in my own right does not diminish my father, his place in our lives, or the love and respect he deserves and is owed by one molecule. He will ALWAYS be my father, the great patriarch of our family. And I will always love and respect and honor him as such. Always.
And someday, when my children have children, not only will their becoming parents not diminish me in any way, their growing families will only build and grow the honor and righteous pride I have. My glory and dominions will only increase because my children married and had children.
And my children having children will only increase the righteous pride, glory, and honor of my father, as his posterity increases and collectively honors him as our great patriarch and pater familias.
So it is with God.
By becoming joint-heirs with Christ (Rom. 8:17), we can only ever increase the love, honor, respect, and glory of God. We cannot diminish it in any way. And He will ALWAYS be our God, whom we love, worship, and emulate.
I believe him. Kids want to learn. Us adults are often set in our ways and learning something new can threaten our beliefs, and therefore our identity.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it. -Upton Sinclair
@Austen I feel sure I could explain it to most of them in 5 minutes. I've explained so much math to so many kids over the years. I know I could explain this to the average 12 year old.
@BlackBlessedLDS My sons are deep in the internet lore and very interested in seeing the movie. Could it be appropriate for teens that are ok with creepy/scary content? Or would you say there’s content that absolutely makes it inappropriate for teens?
Well, you can. We do it everyday at BYU. And you can start your own school and teach whatever you want.
And it could be done in public schools, with one caveat. Since they are public, they represent everyone, or at least every student, so you would have to teach every religion that is represented in the student body. Which would take time away from subjects that would probably be more beneficial to kids.