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Last night my 10-year old daughter said that she did not believe in God.
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RE: Last night my 10-year old daughter said that she did not believe in God.
(December 22, 2021 at 7:00 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:
(December 22, 2021 at 10:56 am)Jehanne Wrote: It just came out of the Blue; we were sitting around talking.  (My wife and I did not raise any of our kiddos to be atheistic.)  I played neutral as my daughter and wife discussed the issue.  I did tell my daughter, jokingly, that Santa would not bring presents if she did not believe in his existence.  At that point my wife mentioned the Easter Bunny, also.

Nice. I've always thought playing neutral was the best strategy. If your kiddo ends up being an atheist, it's best that she arrived there through her own questions and reasoning. 
Children are unlikely to come up with the dead jew on a stick all on their own.  Without some figure of authority or credibility asserting as much, it's probably not accurate to call the situation neutral.  That's how I ended up an atheist too, in all likelihood. I was introduced to too many stories without overt or implicit confirmation of any given story, so they've always been and remain stories. The faithful know this, which is why they very openly stress that a believer ought to tell their kids about christ early and often - otherwise the faithful parent is manufacturing the unfaithful.

Just my two cents.
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RE: Last night my 10-year old daughter said that she did not believe in God. - by The Grand Nudger - December 23, 2021 at 9:35 am

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