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Which part of "why should we be sorry for the way other people bring their kids up" don't you understand? Both Russ and I have stated we disagree with her parent's approach, but why should we be sorry on her/their behalf? Are you sorry on Pol Pot's / Stalin's / Mao Zedong's behalf, for all the things they did?

In your opinion - in her opinion, she is " a happy, hard working, sweet girl", but you, of course, know better, having seen her on TV for an hour. :dozey:

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I assume you will not teach your kids that its wrong to steal, bully, disrespect their parents, disrespect adults, swear at their mothers etc etc etc......

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Now, come on, don't let logic get in the way of a good rant.

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You are only saying that because you are a "sick father" brainwashing your child, tantamount to child abuse and screwing up her head, according to earlier posters :shocked:

btw, that obviously includes me too, as my children have been brought up in the C of E, and attended faith schools.

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Why do you have to be so argumentative in what you say? can't you just be civil for once in your life?
Why is your argument, why should me and Russ this and why should me and Russ that. it's called compassion. if you can't feel any compassion for someone because you'd sooner be stubborn, then that's you as a person.
but try not to make a spectacal of yourself for being that person.

What a pointless thing to say. of course she'll say she's happy :dunce:
God help children if you became a social worker.

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Do I have to use religion to teach my boy any of these?

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You're missing the point. It's not about whether religion is necessary in order to teach someone not to steal, its about a parent's right to choose how to bring their child up and what to teach them.

DRZ says that bringing a child up to believe in God from birth is 'brainwashing' purely and simply because he doesn't believe in God. Yet (we speculate) there are other things children are taught from birth that he's not railing against, like not stealing, running across roads, speaking French, eating with their mouths closed or being strict vegans. I wonder why not.

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Oh no, they're ganging up lads :D

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Did I say you have to?

Maybe you missed the point I was trying to make. It might become clearer if you read the posts before hand, especially the one I was replying to.

I can't be bothered to type of my reasonings for the upteenth time.

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Well come on, it makes a pleasant change from us having to read DRZ's angry invective followed by you parroting it. ;)

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No - And I didn't say you did. But thanks for looking at that.

Somehow I doubt it, but as you are unprepared (see below) to re-make it, I guess I'll never know.

Yup - I have listened to ALL the posts in this thread. But thanks for assuming I haven't.


As you wish. But thanks for not bothering.

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It's amusing you, of all people, calling someone stubborn :D (name-calling when you can't argue your point in a rational manner - excellent).

We answered your question - just because you didn't like the answer, or didn't get the answer you wanted, is your problem, not ours. However, I will try one more time - I would not bring my children up in that way (home schooling or keeping them away from "real life"), and I disagree with the slightly extreme (imho) viewpoints she has - but I cannot be sorry on someone else's behalf; if you feel that is lacking compassion, so be it; you are really way low down on my list of people whose feelings I care about. Sorry, that's incorrect - you are not even on that list. :D

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I don't parrot. :)

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As I've just said - I am NOT missing the point at all. You are assuming I am.

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Your question, aimed via the quote button at SLM, is inviting him to defend the proposition that it's necessary to use religion in order to bring up a child not to steal. Seeing as he hasn't made that proposition in this thread, what point were you trying to make?