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Forcing a religion on your children is as bad as child abuse, says atheist professor Richard Dawkins
Daily Mail ^ | 04/22/2013 | Rob Cooper

Posted on 04/22/2013 4:38:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Dear Prof Dawkins,

Mind your own effing business.

BoT


21 posted on 04/22/2013 4:52:34 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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To: SeekAndFind

maybe his non-god will take him to collect his reward soon (72 virgins?)


22 posted on 04/22/2013 4:52:43 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (()
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To: SeekAndFind

The basis of right and wrong is religion.

No matter what this a-hole says, religion is what is the basis for Civilised society.

All laws that count are written with a basis from the Bible.

Without religion there is no right or wrong,only what a-holes like this preach.


23 posted on 04/22/2013 4:52:56 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

Parents can’t help but teach their children. Even not teaching something is teaching something.

So teaching is inescapable.

The next question is, if parents are not the primary educators of their children, who is? There is no rational alternative.


24 posted on 04/22/2013 4:54:13 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: SeekAndFind

And raising your children in the religion of atheism ammounts to ETERNAL abuse....


25 posted on 04/22/2013 4:59:14 PM PDT by AnalogReigns (because the real world is not digital...)
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To: SeekAndFind

If it’s Islam, I’d have to agree.


26 posted on 04/22/2013 5:02:06 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind

He is no man of consequence.

He has written nothing of consequence.

I f*rt in his general direction.


27 posted on 04/22/2013 5:03:39 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: rktman

Wouldn’t you just like to bust that grinning gargoyle?

The most annoying thing about atheists is their gawd awful arrogance. Shows, doesn’t it?


28 posted on 04/22/2013 5:06:24 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
I agree entirely. You are correct St. Thomas..
29 posted on 04/22/2013 5:06:33 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle (Hil)
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To: SeekAndFind

So teaching a child not to crap in his pants is now child abuse. Using his logic, we’d all end up like him. What a tenured fool.


30 posted on 04/22/2013 5:08:39 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: SeekAndFind

So why does demand we all follow his beliefs of Atheism?


31 posted on 04/22/2013 5:10:57 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ironic. He claims to find his own way, yet, he is a conformist by wearing that jacket and tie.

32 posted on 04/22/2013 5:12:11 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sunday as a non work day (or saturday) is there for religious reasons.

Why do atheists take sunday off? if they were serious they would work seven days a week.


33 posted on 04/22/2013 5:14:57 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: SeekAndFind
You cannot really appreciate a lot of literature without knowing about religion. But we must not indoctrinate our children,' he said.

Lemme get this straight, perfesser, you just said that we must not indoctrinate children, right? Isn't exactly *THAT* part and parcel of what you're being paid by certain other parties to do? Indoctrinate other people's children into *your* chosen faith?

Maybe we should begin by examining the relative merits of the faith of secular humanism. No? Out of bounds to you? There's a word for that sirrah, the word is 'hypocrisy'...

the infowarrior

34 posted on 04/22/2013 5:15:05 PM PDT by infowarrior
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To: SeekAndFind
RE: perhaps there is one obvious giant-sized world religion for which this is a correct analysis He can’t name it openly, he still values his head even at age 72...

He does indeed name Islam (along with some other religions). Read the article.

35 posted on 04/22/2013 5:16:02 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Oh Ford" [see Huxley, Brave New World] is no longer de rigueur by the "educated" "elite"?
36 posted on 04/22/2013 5:20:42 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s him? Who is the guy in a wheelchair who speaks the same rant as this one? I thought his name was Dawkins.


37 posted on 04/22/2013 5:26:17 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: elcid1970

And some of the arrogant ones can be petulant little tyrants. Good display was last Wednesday evening. Lucky for me I didn’t see the king tossing his 3yr olds tantrum.


38 posted on 04/22/2013 5:27:31 PM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST MR. PRESIDENT!(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: SeekAndFind
I will teach my children morals and values.
Not "that some people believe this and some people believe that" but that rape/theft/robbery/adultery/murder are bad whether or not the rapist/thief/robber/adulterer/murderer will admit that truth.

I will teach my children about God and His Word.
Not "that some people believe this and some people believe that" but that "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" through "For God so loved the world . . ." and the rest of scripture along with what it means.

I would not permit a child to form independent judgements on how a firearm should be handled safely, and these are far bigger and more important questions. It is my responsibility as a parent to raise my child, to provide guidance and where possible the truth, and almost as important to protect my children from people like Dawkins and those who believe in his moral relativism. It does not take a village to raise a child, it takes a parent's love and commitment to raise an adult who will not depend on the village for lifetime support but who will follow God's Word and do good rather than evil.

39 posted on 04/22/2013 6:31:02 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: presently no screen name

perhaps you mean Hawking?

Similar sounding names.


40 posted on 04/22/2013 6:39:23 PM PDT by left that other site ((Ban the ubiquitous and deadly solvent, Di-hydrogen monoxide!!!))
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