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Red Devil wrote:

Phatman wrote:

Red Devil wrote:On basic terms, scientific theory is quite similar to the theory about god:

We think it happened but we can't be positively sure.

Well no. We have evidence to support scientific theory such as evolution. We have no evidence to support the existence of God. Not that I'm saying God doesn't exist, I'm just saying that we have no evidence.

Isn't the Bible evidence of god? Jesus doing all the gooseberry fool he did?

Falsey wrote:You know how much of what is now known as scientific fact was once rubbished due to lack of evidence?

Karlprof wrote:

Falsey wrote:You know how much of what is now known as scientific fact was once rubbished due to lack of evidence?

Rightly rubbished due to lack of evidence. We can't go around accepting every uninvestigated theory on the basis that it might possibly be true.

When evidence is collated, well then, that turns it into a whole different kettle of fish, doesn't it?

Lucien wrote:Not sure about you all, but when I was little I was told to be good for God and our class every Friday had stories from the Bible read to us. We visited churches at Easter etc and sang the songs.

I'm wondering if you all think that children growing up should be taught a certain thing, Christianity or anything else when the parents have differing beliefs themselves. I'm not sure so was hoping to find the answer through arguement!

Should children be brought up blank slates that way? Is having religion good for them or bad? And if a parent believes something out of the ordinary, should the child be taught that way as well?

I've been out of school a while, so this could all have been changed since then and probably has but thoughts would be good.

Shadow wrote:lots and lots of anecdotal evidence in support of God, people praying and then having cancer disappear and whatnot

Atreyu wrote:

Shadow wrote:lots and lots of anecdotal evidence in support of God, people praying and then having cancer disappear and whatnot

post hoc ergo propter hoc

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MCN wrote:The way I see it,if I were to force my children down the atheism route, then I would be as bad as those who force their children into religion. For me, it is all about the freedom of choice.

I disagree. If my kid asks me do unicorns exist I'm going to say no, same with god. You're not forcing kids to be atheist, just stating the facts.

But its not a fact, There is nothing, anywhere, that proves this.

Is there any proof unicorns exist? As there isn't I think it's safe to assume they don't.

So you can say to the child 'I dont think Unicorns exist' and 'I dont think god exists'

If there's no evidence, there's no reason to entertain the idea.

There's as much evidence for both as there is an 8th day of the week, a 25th hour in the day and a 13th month in the year. Let's stop beating around the bush.

This kind of wishy-washy nonsense is thanks to the promotion of a bastardisation of 'respect'. As if all ideas are equally worthy.

Kid: "Was Newton a grasshopper that dressed like a Soho Dandy?"

Dad: "I don't think so"

Kid: "Did Einstein go to special school?"

Dad: "I don't think so"

That is an utterly ridiculous comment. You know how much of what is now known as scientific fact was once rubbished due to lack of evidence?

Hope and optimism are powerful things, yo.

Peter Crisp wrote:If I ever have kids I'd like to think I would not stop them from turning to any religion that spoke to them personally. I'm atheist but I don't feel religion is bad in itself just that it's not for me and I would feel it's completely wrong to push my kids in any particular direction.

Falsey wrote:Dont talk gooseberry fool.

You wont stop me saying ******.

Pan wrote:Catholic schools trump all other schools on plenty of other matters (discipline, results, general ethos), if one was tempted to argue from a purely pragmatic point of view.