(April 2, 2013 at 9:08 am)Aractus Wrote: ^FNM I can't believe you are advocating lying to her parents... since when does lying do any good? It only serves to cause problems.
Lying does good when the truth causes more harm. Perhaps this is a cultural thing, and you do not understand the ramifications of telling fundamentalist parents that you are an atheist in the U.S. Perhaps you just can't get past the fact that lying isn't a black and white moral issue. If it comes down to the possibility of a child being thrown out of the house or lying and pretending to be a Christian, I will advocate lying every time.
If religious people weren't so goddamn hypersensitive and overzealous about pushing their beliefs on their children, this wouldn't even be an issue.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
