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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	[quote] [b]poi said:[/b] I truly believe there is such thing as neutral, toward the REAL world, upbringing. [/quote]I suppose we could both cite studies to support our views on this, but I doubt we have the time. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this. [quote] [b]poi said:[/b] She'd better get the right tools as that's the only life she'll get. [/quote]That's actually a statement of faith on your part. I respect your view, but sincerely think you're wrong and that there is more than just this life to consider. [quote] [b]poi said:[/b] I thought the most important tool was a free and open mind aka the capacity to think by oneself. [/quote]Ok, but I didn't say that. I agree that learning how to think clearly, logically and critically is dreadfully important. But faith is not inconsistent with that, in fact, they go hand in hand. Gideon has a wonderful quote in his sig relating to that. [quote] [b]poi said:[/b] Sorry but studies have shown the total lack of effect of prayers and such on ill people. [/quote]I wasn't referring to prayer but rather the role that faith plays in the individual patient and the strength it provides them. I'm thinking of an experiment, for instance, that dropped rats in a bucket of water. They would measure how long they would survive before drowning. On one of the buckets they would never touch the rat and on another they would occasionally lower their hands to allow the rat to climb up out of the water briefly. The rat who was left alone drowned way sooner than the one who had the hope for lack of a better word of pulling through. That's the kind of dynamic I was referring to. . . . : [url=http://www.bugimus.com][img]http://www.bugimus.com/sigs/small-sig1.gif[/img][/url] : . . [url=http://www.bugimus.com/]Innervating Your Eyes & Mind[/url] : . . . Loading...
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