At 16-18, I was still completely under the control of my fundamentalist parents. I was reasonably bright and necessarily hard-working (I had a part-time job at 15 and straight-A grades) but a debate? If anyone challenged what I had been taught about religion, or creationism (my parents were young-earth creationists who actually believed that dinosaur fossils were planted on earth by demons) I just avoided them. I did not dare question.
If you challenge a teenager who is in this situation, I think that you are doing more harm than good. I would suggest waiting until they are self-sufficient, and then simply opening up possibilities for scientific education.
If you challenge a teenager who is in this situation, I think that you are doing more harm than good. I would suggest waiting until they are self-sufficient, and then simply opening up possibilities for scientific education.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
