I doubt militant atheists believe most of what they say and write about the evils of religion and the church. They are emotionally and socially stunted people, for the most part. They just enjoy getting a rise out of people by being provocative; like your average maladjusted seventh grader.
Of course he is probably demanding more than that - but I'm not going to read his stupid blog to find out.
I also can't help but notice that in every article I see about atheism or a particular atheist, every other sentence seems to remind the reader that the subject of the piece is an atheist. Why do they need such reinforcement? A lack of faith perhaps?
Wasn’t it Stalin who said “give me the children and I will rule the world” or words to that effect?
IMHO being raised by political Atheists is child abuse. You are taught cynicism is the natural state of mind for people and attacking anyone’s and everyone’s faith is a proper form of discourse.
To be raised in hate and intolerance must be the worst of all worlds...
Eff you, Mr. (aptly-named) Smalley. This agnostic is sick and tired of the likes of little you and your scurrilous screwing with the Christian culture upon which this amazing country was founded. The world is a better place thanks to Judeo-Christianity but I suppose you’re just to hip to recognize that. Or, more likely, you’re not very well-read in history.
I sure wouldn’t be in your shoes, when you face the Father...Repent and come back to YOUR Father!
We know where this clown got this pap, from God's enemy. But God says:
Raise up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Dogshite Debate is it?
Yeah—how dare anyone teach little children to “love thy neighbor as thyself”!
Such pettiness considering the state of the country right now. He needs to be slapped by Betty White and told to STFU.
I used to brag to Christian friends that should I ever set foot in a church that God would send lightning to strike it. I was about as hateful towards Christianity as one could be.
Fortunately as a child my dear Grandpa and some cousins took me to their churches which planted a seed deep within me.
A few years ago that seed started to grow. I found out that God had never given up on me. He was just waiting for me to surrender to Him.
You are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG Mr. Smalley. Christianity isn't child abuse. Its pure unadulterated love from our Lord and Savior.
I thank Heavenly Father every single day for the seed that he planted and the person in my life that he sent to me to get it to start growing.
He is in for a very big surprise
Is David any relation to Stuart?
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"Smalley further stereotyped and generalized religion-based childcare by suggesting "it's bad for positive self-esteem, and slows social development later in life.""
Yep,we can see the truth in that by the mere fact that in the last few decades,as christianity has been relentlesly attacked and ridiculed,the youth in western culture have grown stronger in character and become so much more well adjusted than any of those religious fruitcakes of the past ever were.
Mr Smalley,your crap simply doesn't line up with reality.
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"Smalley further stereotyped and generalized religion-based childcare by suggesting "it's bad for positive self-esteem, and slows social development later in life.""
Yep,we can see the truth in that by the mere fact that in the last few decades,as christianity has been relentlesly attacked and ridiculed,the youth in western culture have grown stronger in character and become so much more well adjusted than any of those religious fruitcakes of the past ever were.
Mr Smalley,your crap simply doesn't line up with reality.
“by starting your child off in a Christian environment, you are heading them down a path of forced ignorance,” Smalley wrote.”
Wrong! “Train up a child in the way he should go:
and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Exactly what does he think children should be taught about morality? That Stalin, Hitler, Manson, Obama, and Pol Pot are neither good nor evil, just people with views on ethics that may differ from their own? That good and evil are obsolete concepts that should be ignored? That adultery, theft, and murder, and pride, envy, and avarice are old fashioned concepts with no moral significance? No thank you. My children will learn that God created the heavens and the earth, that Jesus died for our sins (but that sin still exists as it is described in God’s Word), and that we have to make moral choices every day on whether to follow good or evil. If he has a problem with that, he can try to use force to impose his will ... on those who cling not just to God but also to guns.