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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a difference between not talking about your personal views and just being an ass.  OP's mother is being disrespectful both to OP in not actually defining atheist and in arguing with OP's child.  Believers don't get a special pass on rudeness, and it's just plain rude to argue with someone's beliefs.  If OP's mother isn't capable of saying "well, I believe..." then she can be asked not to talk about it at all.  It's also one thing to say, "when the Bible talks about a 'day,' I believe it's not supposed to be a literal day" and saying, "no, it's not!" to a child.  OP's mother sounds pretty childish herself, too insecure to allow for anything outside her world view, including the reality that whether she personally thinks atheists are deluded, words have meanings that aren't negotiable.

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Person fed up with older people acting like petty brats and expecting a pass[/quote]

Boy, you're reading a lot into OP's post.  What a hostile screed.[/quote]

Analytical, yes.  Hostile, no, unless any criticism of believers' behavior is considered hostile and therefore off-limits.

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I suppose.  I think you are reading a lot into OP's post that perhaps isn't there (maybe based on your own experiences?).  If OP's mother is having a conversation with her grandson and the grandson is not being raised to believe in anything, how is grandma arguing with him?  Unless she is arguing with OP (which she did not indicate in her post) I think you can conclude that perhaps grandma is a bit overbearing but not that she is "arguing" with a child.  I know plenty of young people who act like petty brats and plenty of old people who don't.  [/quote]

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