(March 25, 2015 at 8:39 am)Drich Wrote: So if your daughter came to you and wanted to get baptized you would not try Esquilax her out of her desision?
When I say something, just re-asking me the initial question isn't going to get me to say the complete opposite thing, Drich. If my kid asked for that a discussion would happen; part of being a parent is to do that, rather than automatically letting your kid do whatever.
Quote: What if despite your 'netural' up bringing, she decides to go Hard core christian..
If she does it as an adult or young adult, that's her problem. If she does it as a kid, again, because of the predatory practices of theists looking to get her while she's vulnerable, that's quite another story, and if this was any other religion you wouldn't be pretending not to see why.
Quote:What if she doesn't want to listen to your propaganda? What if she found truth in Jesus, and wanted to follow Him instead of you?
And there it is! The gotcha: if anyone dares disagree with christianity to their kids, it's a sign of close minded parenting. Because what you really wanted wasn't some fair minded discussion, you wanted to manipulate our free thinking sensibilities into making us give christianity the same free pass that you do. Because obviously we should just surrender all our knowledge of parenting and let our kids do whatever they want, wherever that means they follow the path you want them to, random internet apologist for slavery and genocide.
Tell you what, Drich: how about I recruit a bunch of other religious preachers and a host of atheists and we come tell your kids the good news, and every kid at your church too? You wouldn't object, would you? After all, it's all their own choice... or is that only true when it's a choice you agree with?
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