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Is 'Golden Compass' 'selling atheism to kids'?

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Well, I was mainly talking about children. Despite some of the ideas that are floating around these days, I still think that parents should, within reason, be allowed to raise their children the way they see fit. Whether that be a religious upbringing, a secular upbringing, or whatever. I say "within reason," because no one wants to see children raised on hate and violence. But I'm not sure what to do about that. Where do you draw the line? How do you draw the line? How do you decide what is OK for parents to teach their children and what isn't. And how do we define "teach" anyway? When I first came to Korea, I was teaching English to one young boy who nonchalantly told me one day that he hated the Japanese and thought they should all die. I wonder where he learned this. I don't know if he got this from his parents or elsewhere, but I think it's safe to say that no one sat him down and said, "The Japanese are evil. They should all die." He just picked up on the hatred indirectly. In the same way, most of what parents "teach" their children is taught indirectly--children learn by watching what we say and do. Anyway, yes, "family members" was a bit vague. Hopefully I've clarified. (By the way, we haven't really defined what we mean by "making a difference." I've been taking my cue from Jade on this, and so far she's indicated that the only thing she can do is pray, and if that's the case, then the question is moot--I don't think praying for someone violates their right to choose how they want to live.) [img]http://www.liminality.org/asylum/sigs/suho_text_factory_02.gif[/img] ___________________________ Suho: [url=http://www.liminality.org]www.liminality.org[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/4837]Cell 270[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/5689]Sig Rotator[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/22173]the Fellowship of Sup[/url] Loading...
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