(December 9, 2011 at 7:32 pm)aleialoura Wrote: Even though my kids are very young I read them the more heinous parts of the bible because the two oldest asked me why I don't think the bible is a good book. My theory is that if a child can think up a question, they are ready for an honest answer.
That was how my (ex-)wife and I raised out (now adult) son. If they are old enough to frame a question, they are old enough to deserve an honest answer.
With one caveat. Our So. Baptist babysitter was aghast at hearing of our Wiccan faith. (I am no longer, and I don't care anymore about our ex-.) She did not like we told -the truth- about our son's questions on things like the Bible. She called Child Services.
The State of Florida seized our child from the babysitter's while my wife and I were out. They accused my ex-wife of sexual assault on our son. It took nine months of battling with the state before they would release him back to us.
In the meantime, he had suffered physical assault from several of the foster caregivers while in State custody. After our lawyer obtained a nine-hour video tape of the interrogation of our six-year-old son by DFS officials, including no breaks for bathroom, food, or water, we were forced to file a Constitutional suit against DFS alleging unlawful imprisonment of our son in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights, and denying my wife the opportunity to face her accusers and seek redress against the government in open court.
There are times when "standing up for the truth" means you may pay the consequences for that truth as well. While my ex- is not Galileo, she can be added to that long list of martyrs for the truth that includes him.
James.
"Be ye not lost amongst Precept of Order." - Book of Uterus, 1:5, "Principia Discordia, or How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her."
