At 2/10/08 06:51 PM, DrDickHead wrote:
Why are all the atheist so determined to convert us "religious" folk from being in the Truth to becoming a monkey-lover; but when asked the question what would you let your kids do they all say make their own choice as they grow up?
Sounds to me you know you are at a loss and donot want your kids to grow up without God...
Why would an atheist want to convert you... What do we have to gain??? We believe that you die after life...no matter what way you live. Atheist don't want to "convert" anyone---what you need to realize is that most atheists were theists--but organized religion only taught tribalism ("them & us)--not truth--that's why atheists kept moving forward. Why is your religion the "truth"? Why isn't someone else's religion the truth? Or no religion? You only think it's the truth because it's what you've been spoon-fed to believe is true since birth. You've been brainwashed by society.
Atheists want to deconvert society because a world without religion would be a more tolerant... more peaceful world. Imagine a world where no Islamic extremists fly commercial airliners into skyscrapers. No Irish Catholics and Protestants killing each other over pathetically small religious differences.
Calling us "monkey-lovers" shows your ignorance about evolution. I assume you think that evolutionists believe we are descendants of monkeys, right? Wrong. We didn't descend from monkeys. Primates and humans share a similar ancestor. They are simply our closest evolutionary "cousins".
Yes, I would indeed let my kids make their own choices when they grow up. I would not indoctrinate my children into believing something without basis of fact. I wouldn't tell my children that God doesn't exist, but if they asked me I would tell them honestly that while I don't have evidence to prove otherwise I don't believe that God exists but they need to make their own decisions based on their own feelings on the issue.
As atheists why would we want our children to believe in something we don't believe in? That's absurd. That's like saying you theists want your children to be atheists. While I hope my children don't get sucked in to religious foolishness I wouldn't condemn them for it either, because at least they came to terms with their beliefs on their own without having been indoctrinated to believe something just because I or someone else believes it.