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Poll: If your child became a theist, after being completely shocked, what do you do?
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Accept them if they rationally believe in God
50.00%
6 50.00%
Tell them they have commited intellectual sucide and not listen to your childs logic
16.67%
2 16.67%
Dont accept them anymore, who could logiacally become a theist?
0%
0 0%
I dont know?!?
8.33%
1 8.33%
I am a theist
25.00%
3 25.00%
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If your child became a theist...
#1
If your child became a theist...
Imagine, you have taught your child there is no logic and reasoning in religion or in the belief of God or gods. Your child is older now (Lets say 20) and becomes a theist. After trying to convince them and they still persisit, what do you do?
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#2
RE: If your child became a theist...
I wouldn't and haven't taught them that a belief in God or gods is irrational nor would I try to convince them they should be an atheist if they became a theist.

So you question doesn't apply to me or most other atheists I know.
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#3
RE: If your child became a theist...
Where is the option "I'd accept them regardless of their beliefs. I'm their parent, not their owner."?
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#4
RE: If your child became a theist...
None of the above...

I seriously doubt any atheist here would think it is possible to rationally believe in a God.

That said, is Pantheism a theology or simply a philosophy?
That's a rational belief in God... because it's not personal. To a pantheist, God is just another name for nature.
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#5
RE: If your child became a theist...
Quote:Where is the option "I'd accept them regardless of their beliefs. I'm their parent, not their owner."?

I guess the first one?

Quote:I seriously doubt any atheist here would think it is possible to rationally believe in a God.

According to you and them. Antony Flew, one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th centruy became a deist and thought it was rather rational.
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#6
RE: If your child became a theist...
I swear Deists just give up and say God did it and that's that. Nothing else to them.
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#7
RE: If your child became a theist...
And this is an intelligent poll question??

I'm with Adrian...where is the option of ...
Quote:"I'd accept them regardless of their beliefs. I'm their parent, not their owner."?
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#8
RE: If your child became a theist...
One of my daughters did join a church about a year ago.

I let her go with it since she is an adult and after a couple of months she realized what a load of crap it all was and gave up.

oh well.........
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#9
RE: If your child became a theist...
(August 9, 2010 at 7:21 am)solja247 Wrote:
Quote:Where is the option "I'd accept them regardless of their beliefs. I'm their parent, not their owner."?

I guess the first one?
No, the first one is "Accept them if they rationally believe in God".

I'd accept my children even if they irrationally believed in God. Besides, I don't think you can believe in God rationally; otherwise I'd be a believer...
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#10
RE: If your child became a theist...
I would accept my child no matter what they believed in because I hope I would have done my best to teach them how to think, not what to think.
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