"Yes, not everyone thanks a deity for their survival and nobody should thank their god for a vicious tornado that wiped out so much of what people owned and even took lives, especially the lives of innocent children.
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Comment by Steph S. on August 1, 2012 at 6:04am -
I like the comic strip Grinning Cat.
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Comment by Steph S. on August 1, 2012 at 6:03am
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You are right Loren - I was indoctrinated.
But I am finally free.
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Comment by Joan Denoo on August 1, 2012 at 12:52am -
@ Loren Miller, YES!
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Comment by Grinning Cat on July 31, 2012 at 11:14pm -
In Atheist Humor, Scott Ward pointed us to the The Oatmeal comic "How to suck at your religion".
A relevant snippet about indoctrination:
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Comment by Paula T. on July 31, 2012 at 10:19pm -
Thanks for sharing your conversation with your FB friend. And she just can't see that she, too, is brainwashed. I agree with Loren - children need to be skilled with critical thinking. It's sad that so many people discourage their child from being inquisitive, which comes naturally.
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Comment by sk8eycat on July 31, 2012 at 3:16pm -
"Chick-fil-A Lays an Egg" blog post by Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF co-prez:
http://ffrf.org/news/blog/chick-fil-a-lays-an-egg/
The comments following the post are interesting, too.
(If Mr. Cathy runs his business on "biblical principles" as he claims, I wonder if he beats his "servants/slaves" when they make mistakes.)
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Comment by booklover on July 31, 2012 at 11:57am -
Great analogy El Solo Lobo! :)
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Comment by El Solo Lobo on July 31, 2012 at 9:34am -
God is a gentleman like Hitler was a great humanitarian.
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Comment by booklover on July 31, 2012 at 9:11am
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Sylvia, so your friend thinks "god is a gentleman"? LOL That just cracks me up! Some gentleman!!!! Glad to be on FB with you :)
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Comment by Loren Miller on July 31, 2012 at 5:28am -
Children should also be competent to understand, examine and analyze what they are being taught, particularly when it has been the church's longstanding history to get them young BEFORE they have such capacities. That is called Indoctrination.
Teaching that an unsupported and unproven superstition is true is bad enough. Insisting that one's life (or afterlife) DEPENDS on believing that superstition is far worse.
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