(December 27, 2017 at 10:36 am)Joods Wrote: GC,
I really wish you would understand that DA is a teenager who has questions. So your attempt to lay out a guilt trip on a child who is already unsure of his own world, isn't really fair. I think you should re-evaluate some of the things you said here and try a better tactic. Your god would want that.
Godscreated Wrote: Exactly how does an atheist know what the God you do not believe in wants.
I don't know exactly what your god wants, but I was once a Christian too so I think I have a pretty good idea. I've read the bible so I'm not entirely clueless. Also - I can take cues from what the theists, yourself included, here have posted in the past about their god. What I do know is that you and others here preach all the time about how your god is love and compassion. If that is true, then common sense would dictate that using love and compassion is what your god would want you to do. And you knew from my response to you, that that is exactly what I was suggesting.
Quote:Yes I know he's a kid and I've only been honest with him. What would you have me do lie to him as he lies to his parents. Telling someone that they need to learn to be honest with others is not placing a guilt trip on them, it is a life's lesson that will give them a greater ability to work with others. Once someone learns to deceive others and they think it's been to an advantage they will keep doing the same thing. That person will some day have those lies catch up with them and then hell breaks loose in their life.
GC
I never accused you of lying to him. I also never suggested that you lie. It was how you worded things that I was addressing. I merely stated that perhaps you could try to phrase things a little bit differently so that it didn't come across as how it did. Kids have a tendency to shut themselves off if they feel like they are being lectured.
Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
