What is the best way to stop your child from becoming an atheist?

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Permalink Reply by Joshua Francom on April 23, 2012 at 11:32pm

awesome answer.

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Permalink Reply by Andy Reid on April 24, 2012 at 1:02am

Love it.

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Permalink Reply by Ficking Chucken on April 24, 2012 at 5:21am

One of the best anti-child abuse rants I have ever read.  Because early religious training is one of the most mind destroying (hence child abusing) traditions the human race has ever allowed to become mainstream and acceptable. I was recently snidely spoken to by a 13 year old son of a bunch of "Jack" Mormons who (obviously knowing my stance on evolution) blithely stated that he wanted to have a "tail" like a monkey.  All I could think was how poorly he misunderstood evolution (A failure of our educational system) and how completely unprepared this young man was going to be headed into a future where supernatural causes for humanity will be treated as quaint and fringe. (This will happen, though perhaps not in my lifetime.)

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on April 24, 2012 at 7:41am

That's great, thanks for sharing!

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on April 24, 2012 at 7:49am

I saw this elsewhere on A/N some time back and was impressed with it then.  The truly sad commentary is that this instruction not only is a valid means of preventing someone from becoming an atheist, but that it is the means that many parents practice on their children, either consciously or not.

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