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Originally Posted by FireFly
We'll start with this one. How dare you presume to know what is discussed when religion is talked about in my home. I'm well aware of the hypocrasies of Christianity, and I didn't come by that knowledge through you, thank you very much.
Again, presuming to know what Christians would arm their children with. Once more you paint all Christians with the same brush and you really should learn to quit doing that. Again, don't presume to know what Christians would or would not do. There are some Christians that certainly would not arm their children with such material, and some that would. I'm quite certain that many athiests would just tell their children 'There is no God now shut up about it.' I don't assume you're one of them, however as you have pointed out, you don't discuss the merits of religion, just the hypocracies. Why don't you try arming your children with BOTH for a while, see what happens?
Did you teach them all about Christianity first and then discuss the hypocracies, or did you just tell them that Christian believe in 'some guy' and there's no proof he ever existed?
Besides, by only discussing the hypocracies of religion, are you not doing to your children exactly what you said Christians would do to theirs?
If your child came to you and said 'Dad, I'm a Christian', would you say 'okay son, good luck with that', and never bring it up again, or would you say something more along the lines of 'you do know there's no proof Jesus ever existed, right?' I highly doubt you'd never have a conversation about religion with your children again, and when you did, I highly doubt you wouldn't continue to 'discuss the hypocracies' instead of supporting their decision. It's the same with Christians. If my children decide to become athiest, that's fine. But it's not like I'm never going to discuss Christianity with them again. It's not about pressure or ostracizing, it's a discussion. I would question their decision, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't support it. You have to know how to plug the holes when people pull apart your arguments, no?
But I'm not you so I shouldn't presume anything. However, whenever this topic comes up, you only ever bash religion, you never actually talk about it's merits. And while I only ever defend religion, it's just that, a defense. I try to refrain from bashing not having a religion. (Though I do admit to bashing some of the things you say, I'm not saying atheism is bad.)
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