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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another poster from page 1. Creationism aside, God aside, science vs. faith aside (and not totally sure why the two have to be mutually exclusive), whatever you believe, why do you feel the need to foist those beliefs on your children? Why are you afraid of them making up their own minds when they are able to?[/quote]Anybody going to at least try and answer this one?
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So by this reasoning, surely you must be teaching your children the creation myths (er, sorry... facts) of ancient Sumeria, and the Greeks and Romans, Indians, etc. alongside Christian creationism, and the scientific theory of evolution, and then letting them make up their own minds, right? Because wouldn't you be some kind of hypocrite if you are trying to foist your beliefs on your children by only teaching them about Christian creationism and evolution and letting them make up their own mind based on incomplete information?[/quote]

Love how it's always about "Christian hypocrisy" and never about the other Abrahamic faiths which share the same creation stories. Says a lot about this poster.[/quote]
This thread is about Christian creationism. I would be happy to participate in a thread about Muslim (Jewish, Hindu, etc.)hypocrisy, if you would care to start one. As I mentioned, I'm a reform Jew. We learned the creation myths, and we learned not to take them literally. Science and knowledge are very important in my religion. One can believe in both God and science; it's not impossible to reconcile.

It's interesting that the earlier PP asked for someone to answer the above question, but apparently a lot of you couldn't handle my answer and so went straight to the whining. [/quote]

I answered it:

Sure, I will try to answer. I tell my kids that I do not know if there is a God or not. Some people believe in God, some people do not. I want them to learn about religion and make up their own minds about whether or not they believe in God. Religion is a matter of faith. However, not everything is a matter of faith or opinion. A virus causes influenza. The earth is not 6000 years old. Creationism is not a valid or rational idea. The Sun is a G-type main sequence star, it is not a God that rides across the sky in a four horse chariot. People cannot flap their arms and fly like a bird. These are not things you "make up your mind" about whether or not to "believe" in them. We should educate our children, not simply leave them in ignorance.[/quote]
I think this is a wonderful response. [/quote]

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