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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As parents, just de-program your children as you would with any other principles or beliefs you don't subscribe to. If you watch TV and you don't agree with something, don't you point it out to your child? Most of what they will be exposed to in Catholic ES is about how much Jesus loves them, how much God loves them, and to follow the Golden Rule.

Send them to Sunday school to the religion of your choice so they know what you want them to believe.

The anti-Catholic fear mongering is not helpful. [/quote]

Except it goes beyond this.  Yes, treat people well, god loves you and golden rule but only for Catholics or Christians. Not for non believers .  It’s a subtle  difference, but it matters.  I volunteer, I’m a good person, I’m also an atheist. There are lots of good people  who volunteer who are of faith.  I enjoy working with many of them. But the sheer number of times people have been shocked when they find out I’m not faithful and then either[b] marvel that I could be an atheist AND want to help others [/b]or, more insultingly, declare that I must believe in god otherwise I wouldn’t volunteer and be a good person is staggering.  It’s a closed mindedness that comes from associating being a good person with faith.  The two can absolutely exist together, but being of faith does not mean being a good person, and being a good person can exist without faith.  A lot of Christians don’t think to tell their kids this, or remember/believe it themselves.   [/quote]

Well, I'm glad you're telling - and show - them that atheists can be good people.  They need to know that.[/quote]

We are aware of that. It's atheists who believe Christians are terrible people and won't give us a chance to show them otherwise.[/quote]

Doubtful -- a lot of atheists were once Christian themselves and come from a long line of Christians.  [/quote]

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