“And just when raising the age limit to 17 seemed like a good idea, Valieva becomes a senior at only 14-years-of-age. Wish her all the best, this is about the system, not about her.”

“Eteri, stop screwing up Valieva’s career, okay! Stop overwhelming her with this. Russian Senior Nats. I get, but fully-going to senior, when possible, Eteri just reached a new low of only caring about the medals, not about her students.”

“Christianity should have an age limit.”

When I heard this, I asked the speaker what they meant.

The response I got was that Christianity is fine for children, but that it’s not an “adult religion.” Because it requires you to hold yourself back.

If you’re going to keep believing, you can’t be emotionally mature. You have to dumb down.

And today’s Gospel was given as proof that Christianity is supposed to hold people back,

“Unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”

Is that right? Is that what Jesus is asking us to do? Do you have to keep yourself emotionally and intellectually immature, if you want to keep your faith?

Of course not.

A moment’s reflection and you realize that this was said by someone who doesn’t have children. Much less any understanding of children.

In asking us to be humble like a child, Jesus isn’t asking us to stunt our growth. Jesus isn’t asking us not to live to our full potential.

Who do you think gave us that potential in the first place?

So what is Jesus asking us to do, to be humble like a child? St. Jerome nails it,

“Just as a child does not persist in anger, does not long remember injury suffered, …does not think one thing and say another, so you too, unless you have similar innocence and purity of mind, will not be able to enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Becoming humble like a child isn’t about holding back. Or dumbing down.

It’s about dropping our “adult” baggage.

Given his manipulative nature, maybe Dumbledore?

Maybe Minerva? Did she put it in thinking, "he's done something insane every year, why not this year too"

Some of the older students, thinking "Harry is crazy enough to do this, let's give him a chance"

Based on evidence, the ring around the goblet only stopped people under a certain age from entering, but had no effect on the person submitted into the flames.

I can't help but think someone noticed that.

Especially Dumbledore, since he made it.

Maybe he put it in not knowing barty had too.

I’m not sure of any in specific. Thirteen is the minimum age to legally make an online account in the US without parental permission, so you should legally be ok. However, forum rules may vary.

Followers, any information for anon?