Do atheists indocrinate their children into their belief system?

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  1. Myles Registered Senior Member

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  3. greenberg until the end of the world Registered Senior Member

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    Of course. A good sense of discrimination cannot simply be fuelled by a big ego, even though on the surface, it might appear so.


    A question: IRL, if a Christian came to you and attempted to proselytize you, saying Jesus is the only way to Salvation and all other ways as purported by various religions are wrong - how would you handle the situation? Would you get into a conversation with the person? Would you try to convince them otherwise? If you wouldn't get involved in a conversation or if you would break it off after some point - what would be your motivation for doing so (given that you had time to discuss)?


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  5. lightgigantic Banned Banned

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    Basically a lot of christians argue this point on the strength of

    JOHN 14:6 : Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

    The original that the translation is based on is written in a present text - IOW a more accurate rendition would be "right here, right now, I am the truth etc" - This is the knowledge that I draw on to contextualize what a christian may be presenting to me, but I wouldn't necessarily present that to them since it is a bit of a sensitive issue. If they want to talk about the specifics of salvation I might try and pursue the topic of purity and how the nature of salvation is qualified ... but actually what I would look for is whether a person is actually interested in a philosophical discussion. Discussion of religious topics is a privilege, not a right. If they have any philosophical issue to present - fine. If they simply go on in a sentimental fashion, I usually just find an excuse to end the conversation
     
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  7. greenberg until the end of the world Registered Senior Member

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    Thank you for your answer.


    This seems sensible. I wrote it down in my notebook. It will take time to sink in.
    I was after all raised to think that it is inappropriate to ask people about their age, weight and salary, but that demanding answers about their religion is perfectly okay ...
     
  8. lightgigantic Banned Banned

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    that made me chuckle
     
  9. greenberg until the end of the world Registered Senior Member

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    Well, it wasn't funny because usually, I was on the receiving end of those demanding questions - and didn't know how to answer them!
    There is a good side to this upbringing, though: I am used to have myself doubted, questioned, accused of lowly motivations - so that whenever it happens again, the element of surprise is very weak and I am less prone to saving face and denial.
     
  10. lightgigantic Banned Banned

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    actually I have a similar story to tell

    when I first started getting seriously interesting spiritual life (when I was in my early twenties) I somehow got invited to a radio talk back show program that was dedicated to my professional field at the time to specifically discuss my new found interest in spirituality.

    Needless to say, I was completely dumb founded and afterwards I resolved from that point I would seriously investigate exactly what I was getting into so I could explain it to others without hitting the deck

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