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From: alaspectrum@netvigator.com
David Moss wrote:
> bob young wrote in
> news:49CF066D.5C3143A2@netvigator.com:
>
> > Virgil wrote:
> >
> >> In article ,
> >> fasgnadh wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > > If the person making that claim is including non-beleivers in
> >> > > gods, as well as anti-believers, in his/her definition of
> >> > > A-theism (without a god), then babies are certainly
> >> > > non-believers.
> >
> > Babies and young children are innocent until godbots [usually parents]
> > get hold of their brains and then for an entire lifetime they are
> > 'hooked'
> >
> > Borders on the criminal.
> >
> > Every young person should be free from inculcation at home and at
> > school, free to make a calculated decision about ancient myths and
> > whether or not to devote an entire lifetime to them.
>
> Why?
> Surely diversity is better than homogeneity in this matter.
> Let those who believe in God convey that beliefs to their children and
> those who do not do the same. If it actually matters one or the other
> will die out, replaced by the other in the long term through natural
> selection. If it doesn't matter, why are you worried about it?
I am worried about freedom of choice.
Children inculcated by parents have little choice.
Just about every suicide bomber comes from such a background. Brainwashed
by their own parents into taking their own lives - over what? Nothing
- simply a myth.
Bob
Humanist, atheist, realist, sentimentalist Brit.
Member of S.M.A.S.H.
(Sarcastic Middle-aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor)
Man creates his gods in his own image;
and then spends the rest of his life
manipulating them to his heart's content
>
>
> --
> David Moss
> Personal opinion only
> The Australian Politics Resource
> http://politics.sunnybar.dynip.com
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