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How many people beleive it's wrong to 'bring a child up religious'?  |
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 Replies: 130 — Last Post July 28, 2008 9:07pm by draakprinses
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| It is wrong to bring a child up religious |
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36% |
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| It is not wrong to bring a child up religious |
60 |
53% |
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| It is more wrong than sexually abusing a child to bring them up religious |
12 |
10% |
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Quote: from Takinam at 8:48 am on July 27, 2008
 Quote: from Forever Angel at 6:39 am on July 27, 2008
Quote: from Shaknbake at 10:51 pm on July 26, 2008
The Santa story is rather less horrible than the stories of Christianity/other mainstream religions. 
Care to explain why you use the word 'horrible'?
Lying to your children is horrible.
However, telling my children what I believe is not. And there is a difference between allowing a child to be a child and forcing a child to accept adult "realities".
Believing that unicorns exist doesn't mean they do.
Disbelieving they exist doesn't mean they don't.
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Quote: from Takinam at 9:37 am on July 27, 2008
Some parts of mainstream Christian religion are not biologically applicable. As far as our known biology is concerned, these things are lies. Therefore, at least portion of Christian religion is a lie. If your child was to absorb all such religious invoice, that child would be absorbing some fallacy even if he were to also absorb some truth. You would the be lying to your child.
Only if you teach them those parts, and only if you actually think those parts aren't true but teach them anyway. I'm curious about which parts of Christianity (and if you say "creationism" you deserve to be kicked in the proverbial balls) you think are so clearly disproven that anyone who teaches them must be lying?
And both Islam and Christian involve some kind of fear of death and some kind of righteous murder in the name of god. Stoning, cross crap, burning, etc.
Sure, they have those as part of their stories, and Santa Claus breaks into people's houses every Christmas and steals their food. You've still yet to show me how the consequences for disbelieving any religion result in murder and death. Furthermore, you seem to be operating under the misguided idea that Christianity and Islam are the only two religions in the world. Tell me, what is so horrible about raising your child to be a Buddhist?
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dawkings is sounding stupider already
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Quote: from Takinam at 8:37 am on July 27, 2008
Some parts of mainstream Christian religion are not biologically applicable. As far as our known biology is concerned, these things are lies.
For example?
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draakprinses
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Quote: from Link01 at 9:43 am on July 27, 2008
Quote: from draakprinses at 5:25 pm on July 27, 2008
Quote: from Link01 at 8:52 am on July 27, 2008
Quote: from Forever Angel at 4:50 pm on July 27, 2008
Quote: from Takinam at 8:37 am on July 27, 2008
Some parts of mainstream Christian religion are not biologically applicable. As far as our known biology is concerned, these things are lies.
For example?
lyk Jusus being born with no sex people forget it God they are talking about
Not just that. Matter/energy cannot be created or destroyed, so creationism contradics at least one law of physics. Walking on liquid water is physically impossible.
So you saying God could not make matter a being more powerfull than us? i mean they say God is all powerfull would you say he could do it
Until you can prove that LAW of physics wrong(good luck, hah), then your opinion holds untrue. They say lots of things, that can be contradictory. Such as if God is all loving, why do people go to hell? I mean, if God really were all loving, wouldn't he love us enough to get rid of evil? And if he's unable to get rid of evil and evil influences on us, then he's not all-powerful. There's just so much that doesn't hold evidence, and can't be proven, so I will most definitely hold physics above your opinion.
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Quote: from draakprinses at 11:51 am on July 27, 2008
Until you can prove that LAW of physics wrong(good luck, hah), then your opinion holds untrue. They say lots of things, that can be contradictory. Such as if God is all loving, why do people go to hell? I mean, if God really were all loving, wouldn't he love us enough to get rid of evil? And if he's unable to get rid of evil and evil influences on us, then he's not all-powerful. There's just so much that doesn't hold evidence, and can't be proven, so I will most definitely hold physics above your opinion.
Why do you suppose 'quantum physics' came into being? Maybe because there are places where the laws of physics don't apply? It would seem that some people choose not to be with God. Would a loving God force them to live with Him? And if He chooses to give us obstacles to overcome, why call it evil? Or claim He's not all-powerful?
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