Why did Les Feldick tell Sunday school children to throw away the baby bottle?
He told Sunday school children to throw away the baby bottle so they would stop being fed like infants and instead receive steak and vegetables—a contrast between baby food and solid, substantial teaching. The point was to move them beyond the bottle to real nourishment.
Les Feldick explains that he used to tell his little Sunday school kids years ago, 'you come into my class, you throw away the baby bottle, we're going to start feeding you steak and vegetables.' He uses this illustration to show that they should leave behind infant-level feeding and receive more substantial, solid teaching. The baby bottle represents a starting point, while steak and vegetables represent a more grown-up diet of instruction.