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**Chris** · 28-02-2015, 10:04

Because your previous post bears absolutely no relationship whatsoever to the reality of what goes on in a normal family home.

With the possible exception of Guardian-reading households, families do not sit round the dinner table holding dispassionate seminars on comparative religion. Kids want to know what makes the world go round; every adult has a view on the answer to that question and every adult is free to offer it. Anyone who goes round the houses saying "some believe this, some believe that" will pretty soon be pestered with the response, "but what do you believe?" Actually, it's as likely to be "what do we [i.e. we as a family] believe?".

Insisting that every comment should be prefixed by "IMO" is a fun trick for winding up other posters on an Internet forum but its applications in real life are severely limited.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,150	Re: Richard Dawkins says children need to be ‘protected’ from religion. Because your previous post bears absolutely no relationship whatsoever to the reality of what goes on in a normal family home. With the possible exception of Guardian-reading households, families do not sit round the dinner table holding dispassionate seminars on comparative religion. Kids want to know what makes the world go round; every adult has a view on the answer to that question and every adult is free to offer it. Anyone who goes round the houses saying "some believe this, some believe that" will pretty soon be pestered with the response, "but what do you believe?" Actually, it's as likely to be "what do we [i.e. we as a family] believe?". Insisting that every comment should be prefixed by "IMO" is a fun trick for winding up other posters on an Internet forum but its applications in real life are severely limited.