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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get where you are coming from, but I really don't think it's appropriate to have your young child go around insisting that God does not exist.  It's obnoxious on several levels.  Your family has a right to believe this (mine does too) but it's a personal opinion.

If your child is being proselytized, the best thing to do is to teach him to change the subject.  "Can we talk about something else?"  "I'm really not interested, thanks."  Getting into a theological debate is not productive for adults and especially unproductive for children, who don't have the wherewithal or experience to understand that different beliefs are valid.[/quote]

Kids, even young ones, can be taught and understand that different beliefs are valid. How old do you think they have to be? Certainly a 6 year old can understand this, if taught. [/quote]

Actually, the conflicting beliefs between mainstream religions is what I use to illustrate to my kids that they can't all be valid. I further point to conflicts in the denominations within each religion as further proof that blind faith has no basis in reality and are therefore most likely invalid. [/quote]

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