(April 25, 2014 at 8:25 pm)BlackSwordsman Wrote:(April 25, 2014 at 10:59 am)archangle Wrote: wow, if they are "... indoctrinated by her mother... " I would take a long hard look in the mirror.
Do all atheist blame everything on "something else"?
I'm sorry that your lost or just really off. Hard look in the mirror? Shit, your right because we all share mirror like qualities and views as our parents. I come from an extremely religious christian family, I am buddhist (Athiest). My philosophy is a world apart from my families, different race, different culture, different life style. I fear your statement holds little to be desired.
My wife shares none of the catholic views of her mom, in fact she and I hold a rather strong disdain for them, her mother associates with extremists.
You still have not indicated how young the child is - and that makes a difference
It might be okay to allow a young child to believe in Santa Claus for a while - just like belief in gods - but eventually they learn that Santa is not real. And that would be a good time to explain religion and the thousands of gods claimed by people over the centuries - and they are not real either.
If the child is really young - having them read the bible would not be possible - but an older child could read the bible on the instructions that they should point out the things that cannot be true - to see it is fables and myths.
