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Old 05-02-2016, 05:47 AM
 
Location: Type 0.73 Kardashev
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Originally Posted by Dude111 View Post
I wonder if the mother is agnostic or athiest and doesnt realise it...
Well, since the author describes herself as 'an agnostic leaning towards atheism', I'd say she realizes it.

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Originally Posted by prospectheightsresident View Post
But isn't the author of the article indoctrinating her child all the same, albeit in an anti-religious way?
Oh, please. This is most certainly not indoctrination:

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"Some people think God is a man or a woman who made the world and who sees and knows everything happening in it," I went on. An extreme oversimplification, I recognize, but it was the best introduction I could offer a 3-year-old in that moment.

"Do you think God is just a story?"

As an agnostic leaning toward atheism, I answered, "I do, but you can believe whatever you want, and that's totally okay with me."
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Old 05-02-2016, 06:53 AM
 
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Or maybe she is teaching her child to think.
Not by brainwashing her with the lies of atheism. She is teaching her child to limit her thinking to believing that the physical realm is all there is to life.
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Old 05-02-2016, 07:17 AM
 
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And so you see why this woman even writes for the magazine.

This is what the owners promote.
This is what the media promotes.
You want to get published ? You want to be on tv ?
Play the damn game or get packing.

Things she's written for "Good Housekeeping" include:

"9 Ways to Make Sex Fun Again"
"The Worst Things You Can Say To Someone With Depression"
"When I First Met My Husband, He Was My Student"
-subtitled- "He was in my class. I was married. None of that mattered."
"My Daughter Loves My Husband More Than Me"

That's just for "Good Housekeeping".
Here's some more:

"Miley Cyrus Deserves Better Than Our ****-Shaming and So Do Our Daughters"
"Danika Patrick Can Do Whatever She Wants With Her Body"
"Jon Stewart Wins the Internet Forever with His Response to Michael Sam Coming Out"

Are we seeing a trend yet ?

p.s. The City-Data auto-profanity detector would not allow a word in her
title about Miley Cyrus to be posted. It's a four-letter word describing a loose
woman that begins with the letter "S".
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Old 05-02-2016, 07:35 AM
 
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Welcome back to the 1950s!!
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Old 05-02-2016, 07:45 AM
 
Location: Northeastern US
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Not by brainwashing her with the lies of atheism. She is teaching her child to limit her thinking to believing that the physical realm is all there is to life.
Simply explaining that people have differing beliefs and then letting the child know she can form her own beliefs with the loving support of family is hardly limiting compared to teaching a child that the parent's one chosen belief out of zillions of possibilities must be unquestioned and unquestionable.
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Old 05-02-2016, 07:47 AM
 
Location: Northeastern US
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And so you see why this woman even writes for the magazine.

This is what the owners promote.
This is what the media promotes.
You want to get published ? You want to be on tv ?
Play the damn game or get packing.

Things she's written for "Good Housekeeping" include:

"9 Ways to Make Sex Fun Again"
"The Worst Things You Can Say To Someone With Depression"
"When I First Met My Husband, He Was My Student"
-subtitled- "He was in my class. I was married. None of that mattered."
"My Daughter Loves My Husband More Than Me"

That's just for "Good Housekeeping".
Here's some more:

"Miley Cyrus Deserves Better Than Our ****-Shaming and So Do Our Daughters"
"Danika Patrick Can Do Whatever She Wants With Her Body"
"Jon Stewart Wins the Internet Forever with His Response to Michael Sam Coming Out"

Are we seeing a trend yet ?

p.s. The City-Data auto-profanity detector would not allow a word in her
title about Miley Cyrus to be posted. It's a four-letter word describing a loose
woman that begins with the letter "S".
Than you for your intrepid investigative reporting that has exposed this woman for the kind of person that she is: a published author who gets paid to write stuff. Without your courageous work, we would never have known. I am especially relieved not to get her cooties on me, now that I realize she writes what her audience is interested in reading about. Imagine how awful that would be to be found to "condone".
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Old 05-02-2016, 08:28 AM
 
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now that I realize she writes what her audience is interested in reading about
You have it backwards. They are chosen to be put in these medias
specifically BECAUSE they advocate non-belief, adultery, adolescent
promiscuity, homosexuality, feminism, secular correctness, dependency,
materialism, relativism, nihilism and utilitarianism.

Just go to any supermarket checkout line and look at the subject matter.
I promise you, people would still be reading the old stuff, watching the
old stuff, and THINKING the old stuff - but when you make dumpster drivel
most readily available to the masses, they will consume it to some degree.

This has nothing to do with profits. Understand they OWN ALL THE MONEY
and distribute the money to medias which promote their AGENDA. These
companies just keep changing hands over and over again and bankruptcies
are filed, and companies are bought out, and assets are dispersed among
the chosen ones who operate like an entertainment mafia.

Don't be so naive. If you agree with this transformation of society,
then say so. Say it's ok to cheat on your husband, remarry, teach
your daughter to be a hussy and teach her there is no God, and
your grandchildren to explore homosexuality.
Well guess what, it doesn't matter what you teach her, because
she's going to find out who the liar was sooner or later.
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Old 05-02-2016, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Originally Posted by Snowball7 View Post
You have it backwards. They are chosen to be put in these medias
specifically BECAUSE they advocate non-belief, adultery, adolescent
promiscuity, homosexuality, feminism, secular correctness, dependency,
materialism, relativism, nihilism and utilitarianism.

Just go to any supermarket checkout line and look at the subject matter.
I promise you, people would still be reading the old stuff, watching the
old stuff, and THINKING the old stuff - but when you make dumpster drivel
most readily available to the masses, they will consume it.

This has nothing to do with profits. Understand they OWN ALL THE MONEY
and distribute the money to medias which promote their AGENDA.

Don't be so naive. If you agree with this transformation of society,
then say so. Say it's ok to cheat on your husband, remarry, teach
your daughter to be a hussy and teach her there is no God.
Well guess what, it doesn't matter what you teach her, because
she's going to find out who the liar was sooner or later.
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Old 05-02-2016, 08:35 AM
 
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Originally Posted by cupper3 View Post
I have to say, what a mature way of dealing with this. The mother goes on to say:

"God is a story some people believe, kind of like how Santa is a story some people believe." (That's right, we don't teach Santa at our house either.)



I Raise My Child In An Atheist Atmosphere

Wouldn't it be wonderful if ALL parents stopped indoctrinating their children, and wait until they were mature and could make their own decisions?
That, in itself, is indoctrinating. It's just the way YOU think is best.
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Old 05-02-2016, 09:46 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Snowball7 View Post
You have it backwards. They are chosen to be put in these medias
specifically BECAUSE they advocate non-belief, adultery, adolescent
promiscuity, homosexuality, feminism, secular correctness, dependency,
materialism, relativism, nihilism and utilitarianism.

Just go to any supermarket checkout line and look at the subject matter.
I promise you, people would still be reading the old stuff, watching the
old stuff, and THINKING the old stuff - but when you make dumpster drivel
most readily available to the masses, they will consume it to some degree.

This has nothing to do with profits. Understand they OWN ALL THE MONEY
and distribute the money to medias which promote their AGENDA. These
companies just keep changing hands over and over again and bankruptcies
are filed, and companies are bought out, and assets are dispersed among
the chosen ones who operate like an entertainment mafia.

Don't be so naive. If you agree with this transformation of society,
then say so. Say it's ok to cheat on your husband, remarry, teach
your daughter to be a hussy and teach her there is no God, and
your grandchildren to explore homosexuality.
Well guess what, it doesn't matter what you teach her, because
she's going to find out who the liar was sooner or later.
Who is the "they" you keep referring to?
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