On Nov 19, 2007 4:51 AM, Jerry Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "What's wrong with being anti-religious?"
>
> Are you asking me? In my post, I just said I think (opinion) that they
> are
> anti-religious. I didn't say that was wrong. However, if you start
> saying
> being anti-religious is ok, you open up a tricky debate on what other
> opinions are ok. Can you say be anti-religious is okay while being
> anti-homosexuality is not?
I was keying off the "why you think the book is wrong" bit, and wondering
about putting things in context. Do you really use (you personally)
specific
examples, like books, or do you go for the more general, "ideas"?
Using them for discussion I get, but are you saying you'd say "X book is
ok, but come to me with Y book before you read it"?
Or do you just cover religion and anti-religion, and see where they think
book X falls?
I guess looking at child-rearing similar to coding (how do I avoid having
to be checked with for every single thing) is, well... sorta what I'm after.
Not really teaching good or bad so much as how value is attributed, etc..
"How much does one tell their kid(s)? How much should one 'protect' their
> fragile little consciousnesses?"
>
> That would be up to the parents. You just can't shelter them forever. I
> have seen way too many over-sheltered kids blow a fuse in college and end
> up
> out of college before their junior years.
>
And that's what I want to avoid. But can you over-under-shelter them? Hmm,
not exactly what I'm trying to say. Probably because what I'm talking about
is more general than not. Teaching critical thinking.
Bah. Some of this stems from reading stuff that I woudln't have been alowed
to watch on T.V.. And liking it. And being lucky enough to have
non-specific
guidelines as to right and wrong, or whatever. Bah. Hard to express.
I'd be scared if for reference, all my kid had was specifics, vs. generals.
And I guess I wonder about all the pro-religious stuff that people don't
even
think about- I'm more worried about my daughter coming home and telling
me she learned that only 140k people are going to heaven, than coming home
and telling me she's wondering if there's a god, or whatever.
Yeah, not real clear, I know.
I appreciate the honest response, Jerry B!
Is there anything in the first 2 books that you'd like to comment on as
being
anti-religious? I mostly remember the quantum physics bits, but I'm curious
as to why you think they're anti-religious. (maybe if they were fresh in my
mind I wouldn't ask).
Do you separate religious from spiritual? Bleh. Feel free so answer some,
or none of the questions. Didn't mean to ask so many.
--
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you
nothing. It was here first.
-- Mark Twain
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