(April 15, 2015 at 2:35 am)robvalue Wrote: It's a very good point.
If I really believed any of this stuff, no way would I have children. No way! If there was the tiniest risk of them ending up being tortured forever, it would be inconceivable.
As it happens, I'm not having children anyway, but that's beside the point. I don't know how anyone who believes this stuff could bring children into that situation.
Unfortunately Rob, we tell them that Father Christmas is also bringing presents, or the tooth fairy has left them some small change for their teeth. It is this sort of nonsense that needs to be sorted first, otherwise they will not only continue to believe in the aforementioned, but also in God too should an occasion arise. My daughters are 12 and 13 years of age and have never been baptised. I will leave that upto them at the end of the day. Furthermore, my eldest said, a couple of years ago that she believed in God, now it is different. Next step, Richard Dawkins and his Christmas lectures translated into French...
