EvF,
The point I was making was that her son searched and found some concept based on his searching rather than just accepting his mother's belief so that leads me to think the boy was taught to think for himself. Ok, so maybe Binny should be held accountable for failing to teach him critical thinking but even that would not have necessarily yielded atheistic beliefs. There are Christians who practice their own form of critical thinking based on their worldview that is very sound except for the whole, believing in revealed truths, concept.
Story time:
Last weekend I was hanging out with an old friend of mine and her son. The boy (14 year old) wanted to know about black holes so we had a discussion that ended with me suggesting that he should further his understanding by reading some Stephen Hawking to wit he replied, "Oh, I can't read that because his beliefs aren't the same as mine." (AHHHHH my brain screamed!) I asked him what he meant and he told me that Stephen Hawking believes in evolution so he refused to read anything by him. /Facepalm doesn't even begin to cover the spectrum of emotions that welled up within me! I wanted to remain pleasent though so I just said, "hmm, ok" and we moved on after a few minutes of silence. It seemed as if his mother thought that he was making a GOOD choice by basing his knowledge acquisition on beliefs he already held true. /GIANT CONFUSED FACEPALM OF PAIN!
Rhizo
The point I was making was that her son searched and found some concept based on his searching rather than just accepting his mother's belief so that leads me to think the boy was taught to think for himself. Ok, so maybe Binny should be held accountable for failing to teach him critical thinking but even that would not have necessarily yielded atheistic beliefs. There are Christians who practice their own form of critical thinking based on their worldview that is very sound except for the whole, believing in revealed truths, concept.
Story time:
Last weekend I was hanging out with an old friend of mine and her son. The boy (14 year old) wanted to know about black holes so we had a discussion that ended with me suggesting that he should further his understanding by reading some Stephen Hawking to wit he replied, "Oh, I can't read that because his beliefs aren't the same as mine." (AHHHHH my brain screamed!) I asked him what he meant and he told me that Stephen Hawking believes in evolution so he refused to read anything by him. /Facepalm doesn't even begin to cover the spectrum of emotions that welled up within me! I wanted to remain pleasent though so I just said, "hmm, ok" and we moved on after a few minutes of silence. It seemed as if his mother thought that he was making a GOOD choice by basing his knowledge acquisition on beliefs he already held true. /GIANT CONFUSED FACEPALM OF PAIN!
Rhizo
