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RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility
January 22, 2015 at 12:30 am
10, 15, 17
Depends on the situation. I would never forbid my daughter from having an abortion, but man do I want that to be the very last choice.
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RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility
January 22, 2015 at 5:00 am
For the last question, I say I forbid because of the reasons given. If there is another reason to refuse treatment, such as it's too horrible compared to the success rate of the treatment, that would be a separate issue. But to just accept a religious reason from your 11 year old for life or death decisions is wrong, in my opinion. I would act in what I perceive to be their best interest, and if there are no other objections than religious, I would overrule them.
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RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility
January 22, 2015 at 5:17 am
13 and 17.
10 and 11 (and by extension, 1 and 2) I don't like the wording of. I can't really forbid or allow someone to have a religious view. It's largely in their head, me saying "No, don't do that" won't do anything.
Now, would I "approve" or "encourage" if my kid decided to change religious affiliation? No, I can't honestly say I would.
On a side note, I think there would be bigger things to worry about if my eleven year old was pregnant.
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RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility
January 22, 2015 at 5:18 am
I seem to be part of a hive mind, my votes are apparently the same as everyone elses'...
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RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility
January 22, 2015 at 5:26 am
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2015 at 5:26 am by robvalue.)
That's because we all evolved from the same blob, or something. Christians evolved in an entirely different process leading them to violently disagree on their own objective morality.
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