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Originally Posted by Thomas T
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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Thomas, I wasn't trying to be a smart ass when I made my original reply to you. I honestly thought/assumed you had not got the point I was making and thought that it would help if you re-read the post - sorry for sounding or coming across with some arrogance.
The point I'm making - as Chris summed up- is that we teach kids alot of things including religion. They can be taught without religion being included but some people choose to teach religion too. I teach my daughter not to run across the road out side my house - I don't need to use religion to make that point. Similary good table manners are taught without any mention of religion, am I brainwashing my daughter in that aspect too.
Why should a parent teaching a child about religion be accused of brainwashing there kids. I can then apply the same argument taht anything I teach a child is brainwashing them. I hope that makes it clear.
Anyway I'm off now. Probably contribute later to this thread, but once more if I sounded like an arrogant twit in my original reply to your post it was genuinely not intented.
Cheers.
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Originally Posted by Chris
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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