When bears are fed, they quickly learn unbear-like behaviors. Sadly, this often leads to the death of the bear. Once a bear comes in contact with human food they return again and again.
Game rangers try to deal with problem bears. They use things like pepper spray, rubber bullets and even specially trained dogs. If these tactics don't work the bear is trapped and then relocated. Black bears are given three chances. If the bear returns to the problem area they are usually killed.
In the Montana region of Yellowstone deaths to grizzlies caused by human feeding is more than a third of the annual mortalities of grizzly bears. (For More Info)
Here is the problem. God created the grizzly to feed itself. Bears in their natural habitat graze on vegetation, they also kill smaller animals like elk calves and fish and even eat some carrion. The bear was created to feed itself not be fed. When a bear begins getting fed by a human the end result will be poor health and even death. The bear is taught to be dependent on someone else to provide food and to not feed itself. Man can create an unhealthy bear by giving the bear the food.
We have created an "unhealthy bear". The church has taught Christians to not be self feeders. As Christians we need to learn to feed ourselves. The result has been immature, unhealthy believers. Even more damaging is that this has gone on for generations and now Christians accept this as the "norm".
Now we as parents are passing this on to our children as we expect the church to disciple our children and teach them the Word. The problem is this, God's plan is that parents teach their children, the church should be equipping parents to be self feeders and pass this onto their kids. We have instituted Sunday School, Discipleship, Training Union, and other programs, which in and of themselves aren't a bad thing and they are actually good, but we have become dependent on those programs to feed us and our children. We have become the "unhealthy grizzly".
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