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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, here's what I think:

1. We are non-religious. If I learned that my child had been shown Veggie Tales on a playdate, I would be upset. I don't like being proselytized, and I especially don't want my child being proselytized.
2. However, my reaction would be, "Since we are non-religious, do you think that in future you could not show my child Veggie Tales on playdates?", rather than "That's it, you horrible person, no playdates ever again!".

If you apologized sincerely, then I think that the next step is up to her, to accept your apology or not.[/quote]

+1.  Maybe she has dealt with a lot of proselytizing and had a gut reaction.  You sound sad about your son losing this friendship--his first in a new town, so if you want, send her an e-mail telling her you didn't think about it because it is non-religious and you yourself are Jewish/Agnostic (I assume you mean culturally Jewish but religiously agnostic?) and you certainly have no desire to convert her son, your own son, or anyone else to Christianity or whatever the heck religion Veggie Tales is.

On another note, before my kids were old enough to watch TV, I once put on an episode of Veggie Tales for my nephew.  I'm an Atheist.  I had no idea until very recently that that show was religious.  [/quote]

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