tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560795353098321087.post5223403566287141097..comments2012-01-21T19:25:19.944+00:00Comments on CO-EXISTentialism: Atheist DogmaAlan Duvalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031284659839586828noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560795353098321087.post-36071398309983264822010-06-10T16:42:25.441+01:002010-06-10T16:42:25.441+01:00I agree - in my view, knowing a faith (whichever ...I agree - in my view, knowing a faith (whichever it may be) from the inside is something much fuller and more meaningful than just looking at all the options from the outside dispassionately (which is not the same as not critiquing it): you have to suck it to see, if you see what I mean. And, contrary to the anxious bleats about indoctrination, bringing up a child within a faith tradition doesn't have to trap them - very often puts people off, in fact (good old teenage rebellion sees to that, very often) And presumably, atheist parents who bring up their children as principled atheists (I mean consciously humanist ones, not just a 'doesn't bother to think about anything' lazy ones) must sometimes get a nasty shock when said children grow up and rebel by going all religious (what on earth will Tim think if Violet or Caspar do that one day!)Erin Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809362654663914714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560795353098321087.post-36940216479598966772010-03-19T14:19:59.879+00:002010-03-19T14:19:59.879+00:00Oh, and check out the history of Spanish, Basque,...Oh, and check out the history of Spanish, Basque, Catalan for issues of language leading to violence.Alan Duvalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031284659839586828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560795353098321087.post-2451259912794892912010-03-19T12:11:53.327+00:002010-03-19T12:11:53.327+00:00Thanks, Maria, I had hoped I'd covered your po...Thanks, Maria, I had hoped I'd covered your point about other having the right to disagree with the last paragraph.Alan Duvalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031284659839586828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560795353098321087.post-79869136605366525532010-03-19T04:12:25.301+00:002010-03-19T04:12:25.301+00:00You have a very good point about having the right ...You have a very good point about having the right to teach the faith of your family, however it's still important to expose your child to a variety of views besides your own. You can say "In this family we believe ____________," as long as you don't exclude "But others have the right to disagree with us." This is possible in a house that practices religion, it just takes a good deal more tolerance than most people are willing to give.<br /><br />For example, to use your language analogy, I was raised speaking English but I was never told other languages were wrong and that those people should change to be like me. Nobody told me that because my friend spoke Chinese he would burn in hell forever. He just spoke Chinese, it wasn't a big deal.<br /><br />Maybe that's what you were saying, but I wasn't sure so I commented.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364358088140799255noreply@blogger.com