RE: Why Religion is corrupt (on a personal note)
January 12, 2009 at 5:46 am
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2009 at 5:57 am by Kyuuketsuki.)
(January 10, 2009 at 2:23 pm)chatpilot Wrote: I dont get into it with them I let them make their own discoveries and decide for themselves.
I approached it slightly differently in that I played devil's advocate, whenever one of my kids would say something pro or anti religious I'd say there were others who believed differently ... IOW I've tried to open their minds to all views so they can make up their own minds. Most of all (once they had decided they were atheists) I've stressed that if they are atheist they need to know why because at some point someone will come at them and they will have to defend themselves (even if it's only by laughing at the silly wingnuts).
One thing I will say though ... it wouldn't stop me loving them or helping them any way I can but I would be disappointed if any of my kids turned out to be religious.
Kyu
(January 11, 2009 at 7:08 am)FutureAndAHope Wrote: There are other examples that I can share that is just a sample. I want to be honest with you, you can either keep rubbling your parents up the wrong way, or you can read them this post and tell them you are sorry for your unbelief.
Why the hell should anyone apologise for not believing in fairy tales? That's really, really stupid.
Kyu
(January 9, 2009 at 12:53 am)WWLD Wrote: I love my parents, but I wish they could see things my way sometimes
Leah,
Although I'm an ex-Catholic my parents did their best to bring up all 4 of us to be open minded and, although it was a shock for my Dad (in particular) to discover none of us believed they lived with it ... it just wasn't that big an issue. My Dad stopped going regularly to church although he remained Catholic until his death 20 years ago.
My mum reverted back to Church of England (she'd had to convert to marry my Dad) and she is difficult to talk to about religion, seems to think I'm somehow broken because I don't believe and I think she thinks I will one day believe again when I've outgrown this "foolishness" ... I find that rather amusing but I still love my Mum (and my dear departed Dad) and don't have any other real issues with her.
Kyu
