(July 20, 2016 at 11:43 am)robvalue Wrote: I gotta say, I feel sorry for a 3/4 year old who gets a philosophical lecture about epistemology and historical accuracy rather than just some simple pointers.
Seriously, do theists have this talk with their children? Have any of them? I'm starting to worry that they don't. I know what we have here isn't representative, of course.
An age wasn't given before, and of course, the age of the child is going to make a difference, in how you approach the subject. However; I don't think that because you have to simplify things, that starting them off with a bad epistemology is the answer. I would think that at that age, you are more likely to be explaining the difference between fact and fiction, and that fiction (such as what is seen on TV) is not necessarily real (or to be repeated).
And at that age, they don't have much experience, so they largely have to trust in others anyway (including you on this).
