I heard a radio piece by Marcus Brigstocke which among other things expressed Dawkins' point in perhaps somewhat clearer terms: that a child is no more a Christian or whatever than he is a member of the Postal Workers' Union. We all know how impressionable kids are, how readily they accept what their parents tell them and how keen they are to please. It is sad to see one so young being pigeonholed into one narrow slot, when he has his whole life to find his niche. Maybe this little tyke will outgrow the beliefs of his parents - after all, shouldn't that be the dream of every parent, to see their offspring become much more than the sum of their parts?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
