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RE: If your child...
February 16, 2016 at 7:07 pm
Depends on which of my children it is. I'd try to support their decision, though I would recommend waiting until they were eighteen to decide.
If it was one of my youngest, I'd probably say "No sweetie, you can't become a nun and force your way into being the first Female Pope, and then disassemble the entire church from within. It just won't work."
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RE: If your child...
February 16, 2016 at 7:12 pm
And some still take him seriously ....
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RE: If your child...
February 16, 2016 at 7:14 pm
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I would just raise an eyebrow and continue with our daily satanic rituals as if noone had said anything.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: If your child...
February 16, 2016 at 7:25 pm
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(February 16, 2016 at 6:37 pm)TrueChristian Wrote: [...]In some crazy hypothetical future, if your child expressed an interest in taking Catholic holy orders.. how would you respond?[...]
I'd say - "Child, if you want to be a ridiculously dressed pedophile, amusing dumb people with infantile nonsense - have you considered clown college?"
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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RE: If your child...
February 16, 2016 at 7:27 pm
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(February 16, 2016 at 7:25 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote: have you considered clown college?"
As opposed to the Catholic church, they have very strict requirements and only a select few are actually accepted.
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RE: If your child...
February 16, 2016 at 7:29 pm
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(February 16, 2016 at 7:27 pm)abaris Wrote: As opposed to the Catholic church, they have very strict requirements and only a select few are actually accepted.
Yeah, well - I want my future kids to aim high. 
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RE: If your child...
February 16, 2016 at 7:38 pm
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(February 16, 2016 at 6:37 pm)TrueChristian Wrote: This is an interesting philosophical quesition. Atheists/secularists pride themselves on being tolerant/openminded. This question may challenge that presumption.
Let's say you and your atheist spouse/signficant other raise a child. One day, when he/she is about 10-12 (or whatever age I guess) one day he/she comes to you and says "Mom/Dad, I know what I want to be. I want to be a Catholic priest/monk/nun. Im really sure it's what I want. Well?"
In some crazy hypothetical future, if your child expressed an interest in taking Catholic holy orders.. how would you respond?
Would you affirm atheist jr.'s calling, or try to talk them out of it, for their own prosperity/safety?
The parameters of your hypothetical make it hard on me.
I want for my child, whatever would make them happy, as long as it is legal and moral.
That being said, I think the Catholic Church is not a moral institution. So, their choice to join the Catholic church would disappoint me. I would do my best to dissuade them, by pointing out demonstrable facts, that show the immorality of the Catholic church.
What is funny about your hypothetical, is, that there are no groups to assist theist children of atheist parents, when they are disowned by their parents for becoming a theist. Because it does not happen. But there are quite a few groups for atheist children of theist parents, that have been disowned.
Why, do you think that is the case?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: If your child...
February 16, 2016 at 7:40 pm
And some still take him seriously ....
Folks, he already jerked off in front of his mirror. Give him a rest to replenish stock.
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RE: If your child...
February 16, 2016 at 7:41 pm
^^
Yes. Why you guys respond is a mystery to me.
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RE: If your child...
February 16, 2016 at 7:46 pm
(February 16, 2016 at 7:41 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: ^^
Yes. Why you guys respond is a mystery to me.
I know I'm done with his bullshit. I read his threads now just for the lulz. 
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