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atheism and children
August 5, 2015 at 11:17 am
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So after starting this thread yesterday, I've noticed that a lot of atheists neither like children nor want them. Some even went as far as to say it's immoral to have them.
I've never met a group of people so anti kids lol. Most people want children or at least like them. I thought that was interesting/different and was curious to know how prevalent this sentiment actually was amongst atheists.
Please, only vote if you're an atheist:
A. I have children OR am currently open to having children (through adoption or otherwise) at some point in the future if things line up right.
B. I neither have NOR, as it stands, want children at any point in the future.
C. I adamantly did NOT want a child, ever, but ended up having one anyway by accident.
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RE: atheism and children
August 5, 2015 at 11:19 am
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RE: atheism and children
August 5, 2015 at 11:21 am
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As everyone prolly knows by now, A...
(August 5, 2015 at 11:19 am)lkingpinl Wrote: 
Come on, take one for the team and turn atheist! For the children! 
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RE: atheism and children
August 5, 2015 at 11:21 am
A.
I have two little hell-raisers. A lot of work they are, but they're the salt of the Earth, too.
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RE: atheism and children
August 5, 2015 at 11:26 am
No kids for me! I don't dislike them, but I've never wanted them.
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RE: atheism and children
August 5, 2015 at 12:02 pm
Just took my son in stride. Good days, bad days, what ever days. Lots of joy watching him grow. He is more frustrating now at age 26 that he ever was growing up. Kids now, as long as I can walk away when I've had enough, no problem.
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RE: atheism and children
August 5, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Have none, never will. You'd have to kidnap me, drug me and reverse my vasectomy first!
Only furry children for me, that's where my paternal instinct lies Currently have 4 of those! I'd have more if we had the space/money.
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RE: atheism and children
August 5, 2015 at 12:09 pm
We're hardly a 'group' but you should know that by now. I have 3 free thinking kids but I'm not overjoyed by the presence of other peoples children apart from the odd 2 or 3 that I approve of. Children in groups of more than 10 make my teeth itch however.
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RE: atheism and children
August 5, 2015 at 12:10 pm
I've got two kids, they're great, they think religion is absolutely ridiculous too.
There is nothing demonstrably true that religion can provide mankind that cannot be achieved as well or better through secular means.
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RE: atheism and children
August 5, 2015 at 12:28 pm
I'm going to be the only person in catagory c...how embarassing, lol.
To be fair, I became disabled in my mid 20's with severe anxiety and panic disorder. I never wanted kids with my first husband, because he was a total loser (don't get married at 19 kids!), but after divorcing him and meeting me new husband, I didn't want kids because:
a) I did not feel I would be a good mother because of my illness.
b) I had very little money.
c) I do think the future is likely to be difficult with possible issues with things like food shortages, dwindling access to clean drinking water, etc.
b) The world is already overpopulated and I did not want to add to the population problem!
My hubby moved us to the coast for my health, and it seems to have worked because as I became less stressed out...and then I got pregnant. At 32 and using more than 1 kind of BC, it was really unexpected. But we both agreed that this was really our only shot to have a child, so we decided to keep her. I was getting better with my anxiety, hubby had an ok job, it was the right timing I guess.
However, I signed paperwork to have my tubes tied before I hit 3 months of pregnancy. I had the surgery done about 90 minutes after giving birth. One child is all we will ever have for all the same reasons still listed above.
I love my daughter (I feel like I would literally die without her, now), and I love kids in general (otherwise I could not be a Girl Scout leader!) but it does make me a little sick to see large families in this day and age. I don't think people should have more than 2 kids, for the sake of those very same kids. Honestly.
However, I do notice more and more families only have one or 2 kids. ALL of my kids friends are only children or only have one sibling. I still see families with 5 or 6 kids around, but it seems that trend is less common now. It's just time for humanity to suck it up and realize you can't just pop out a dozen kids anymore.
200 years ago, yes, because sadly a lot of your kids would die before age 5, plus people often used kids as labor devices in their shops or on their farms. And people did not have access to any family planning tools.
Nowadays, there is no excuse in developed countries to have more than 3 kids, except utter blind selfish stupidity. Just IMHO.
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