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[quote=Anonymous]We don't go to church or practice any religion, although we do celebrate Christmas, mostly for family reasons. At Christmas, I like to emphasize the good things that Jesus stood for as a person but we leave out discussion of Jesus being the son of God and all that. We teach our children good moral values, about living in a community, making a contribution to society, caring for each other, do unto others, compassion, mercy, honor, don't lie cheat or steal - good simple human values. I tell our children they can choose any religion they want when they grow up, as long as it's a religion that accepts those core human values. At their school, they learn about many different religions. The one thing that drives me up the wall is Bible literalism - we have been very firm about rejecting anything in the Bible that is untrue (e.g., creationism, dinosaurs living with people in the garden of Eden, Earth is 6000 years old, whales are "great fish", etc.) or the parts of the Bible which contradict our core values (e.g., that people with tattoos should be stoned to death). There's a lot in the Bible that is bad or stupidly antiquated.[/quote]

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