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Actually I was allowed to make my own choices growing up. I did attend church for a while when I was in the third grade. It just wasn't me. It just didn't figure out. So when I was asked if I wanted to continue I said, "No." And that was it.
My father is an atheist but my mother at one time taught Sunday School.
My father is a well travelled man. My parents loved me. It was my choice all along.
Now I did attend a Baptist University when I first started college, but left there to attend Texas A&M. It was a nice little college, but had it not the religion it could become a much bigger university and better known.

I use to live up in McKinney. Actually a couple of miles behind the flea market, on a ranch. My how McKinney has changed. And Allen.

yeah it is a bummer that they have to take that class. We will just B.S our way through it, cause we like scouting. oh, what a bummer, too bad scouting has to be so stuck in the past.

Then I also know that if we as Atheists, and smarter folks do not have kids.....it's certainley not going to help the cause, nor the rest of humanity if those whom are smarter and better do not procreate for whatever reason.

See that in of itself just makes me so on edge about the idea to have children. I just do not think that society cannot handle the idea that GOD is not necessary to lead a good moral life. And if that were not enough, they have to prostitute their faith onto other human beings and it's not like they are suggesting they could be wrong...NO, NO they assert that they are correct and their version of "Chrisitianity" is correct on top of that even. I just don't know to be fair. I like the idea of teaching children, sharing what I know. Which is why when I am older maybe in my 50's it is one of my goals to be a teacher my in the same manner of Plato and Socrates. Teaching children how to examine to think, not to be grounded in school ciriculum. But we shall see...but having my own aside from students....the way around this world...I just cannot find a reason which makes me both happy, puts me at ease, and sounds like a good reason for me to do so. But I hold out the in time a truly good answer will present itself.

As far as banning the books Susan Jacoby's Freethinkers History of American Secularism really helps explain why the South and much of the West have this seemingly intrinsic natural aversion to new knowledge and science.

Yes you can say that. They really try to ban FICTIONAL (not real) books? I know I had heard rumors about stuff like that in the south and some places out west but didn't imagine how real that actually is out there for you folks. Man, just makes me step back and take awe. I always figured if I had kids I would try to gear them to think independently about all things...religion especially. I just don't know how well I would deal with the animosity my kids would get from other parents. It's one thing for me as an adult, but when you attack the kids...I just can't respect that.

Whats is it like to raise such kids in Texas? Not sure about the having kids of my yet...but it would be nice to get some sound advice from someone who is raising their kids the same way I would want too? Is it hard for them fitting in being freethinkers, is the tolerance there or non-existant?