(November 27, 2014 at 7:19 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(November 27, 2014 at 6:31 pm)MechViking Wrote: atheism must be a big part of your identity though if you get so offended when i say it's not the only correct way of thinking.About as big a part of my personality as the fact that I don't coon hunt. What is a big part of my personality is a sort of seething irritation when people say absurd things - particularly in service of vacant notions. Offended, though - meh, not so much.
So... no additional insights as to why teaching atheism to children would be different than teaching biology? You're not worried about the cult of biology, or that by teaching children biology we might be teaching them that this is the only correct way to think?
Because atheism is just a way of looking at the world, while biology is a collection of proven observations. God is an idea. an idea like time travel, alternate realities, or reincarnation. choosing to believe these things might be true isn't a wrong decision. maybe it's a naive decision, but it's not wrong.
