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To me, any atheist that imparts atheist beliefs, things like an atheist creed, on to a child is as guilty of abuse (statement of belief about god based indoctrination) as any fundy theist.
To actually give the gift of a choice to a child, we give all perspectives. Hiding behind "I don't have to say anything" is guilt by omission. Its actually willful negligence, and when done to a child, its border line abuse. At the very least its a parent not doing their job.
My kids are atheist today. I talk to them about evidence based beliefs like I talk here about evidence based beliefs. Of course with them, we are allowed to use all data and all lines of logic. I would never "abuse" my child with teh statement "that doesn't get us anywhere". .
Atheism is far stronger than many of the "real atheist" I see here.
So it will be too much for her to take if you can't give a defnitiive answer to your child about one of the biggest unknowns to humans?
You need to think then about ALL the other things you don't have answers to and how you'll respond! Do you know why water is blue and the sky is blue? Do you KNOW why one person has cancer and the person next to them doesn't? There are MANY unknown things in science and in life - maybe your best answer is to let them know how to study and to look up the known answers and also how to keep an open mind about all the rest that isn't known.
...I'm referring to questions in general where a PARENT is asked but doesn't know the answer. Do they make one up? Or do they tell the kid to "look it up"? Some "answers" are also actually theories that are updated over time and what we accept as fact at one point is not. Again, teach kids how to do research and how to think critically. And don't make up crap answers.
...I'm referring to questions in general where a PARENT is asked but doesn't know the answer. Do they make one up? Or do they tell the kid to "look it up"? Some "answers" are also actually theories that are updated over time and what we accept as fact at one point is not. Again, teach kids how to do research and how to think critically. And don't make up crap answers.
'I don't know, some people think there is."
"maybe there is."
crap answers, to me, is focusing on having to be true to atheism/theism over helping to "program" the child.
'I don't know, some people think there is."
"maybe there is."
crap answers, to me, is focusing on having to be true to atheism/theism over helping to "program" the child.
I figure if my daughter one days asks me what happens when you die, I'll give her an honest answer, "I don't know".
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