09-22-2009, 12:46 PM
Quote:And... Vice versa.
No, no, no.....I think every atheist knows that certain words or acts are being perceived as hurtful by religious people.....this happens every day. My point was exactly that for the oposite (non religious people being oppressed or disrespected by religious people) there is hardly any recognition. And let me stress it again that this is absolutely not a US problem....this happens worldwide and for centuries already.
Quote:I remember on many of the debates we've had about kids on here, that the common advice was to not shield them from the world, but to teach them how to cope with the world. That was in relation to sex education as I recall. How is this not shielding the kids from something that is pretty mainstream in the culture? Now you are going to say their little impressionable minds will be confused?
Sex education is important for people to become a sane member of society. Children can have classes in religion (explaining them about the differences and why some people believe this, and others believe that) but brainwashing is something else. Religion is a powerful tool to mentally handicap people for the rest of their lives when you start 'teaching' it to them as children and this should be realized by adults especially the ones that work with children.