It's not the baby, it's life. Sorry, I didn't really think that the mom would have totally denied sex being involved. We just think that God made life and maintains life.
Doubtful. The mother is probably a proponent of abstinence education and believes that her daughter was put inside her by her god. It will be sadly amusing when her daughter gets pregnant at age 15.
I'd rather be told the truth from an early age than be told a lie (and to my recollection I was never told such a thing).
You should have asked the mom if she's the Virgin Mary. Isn't it blasphemy to claim that you experienced a virgin conception?
Even if they feel god was involved, saying that the mom and dad are not part of it is pretty odd. When I was in 3rd grade several of my classmates were sexually active. Not recommending that, but I would hope by age 7 parents had given their children some form of explanation/warning.
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The child would become a searcher, and would spend its life seeking a truth. Perhaps eventually finding the truth but by that point the child would not know anything other than the way of the seeker and he would look at the Truth, set it down, and say, "Oh, that's nice.", and never have any clue what to do with it. The child would not tie himself to the Truth without much pain being inflicted upon him and he would bring others pain as well through his wavering and his pendulum-like motion through the joy of finding and the despair of having nothing for which to seek.
There is much that I would give to have been one of those children who was sure from the start.
I say bless those parents.
ZV
having a debate with a 7yr old is silly to begin with...
but telling her that tehy are made by God makes as much sense as telling them that the stork brings them.
but telling her that tehy are made by God makes as much sense as telling them that the stork brings them.
I believed the Easter bunny was real for a hell of a long time too. Saw a bunny (real one)in my backyard. Look away for a second, bunny was gone, had a basket in the yard (middle of the yard, no way anybody could have snuck in while I was looking away).
It took them about 3 years to convince me he was fake after that
Apparently you never read The Missing Piece. Buy it. read it. seriously.
In defense of your stance, as my very devout, yet rational grandmother put it: "It's a good idea to teach them religion, because young people get to a stage where they rebel, and it is much better that they rebel against religion, rather than against something that would cause them more harm to rebel against"
.. and the woman in the store is messed up and will have a messed up kid
I grew up being Mormon, which I still debate with my parents about these days. My parents told me the same thing.
"Mommy and Daddy say a prayer and in the morning mommy is pregnant." "But only do it if you are married, or else something bad will happen."
That was at age 7 or 8 also. I later found out the truth, by discovering pr0n. Lol.
She could have just left it at: "Yes, mommy and daddy make the baby."
It's just as bad as Santa Clause, making a lie a family tradition. It's funny though, it all originated from a single little mushroom...
"Mommy and Daddy say a prayer and in the morning mommy is pregnant." "But only do it if you are married, or else something bad will happen."
That was at age 7 or 8 also. I later found out the truth, by discovering pr0n. Lol.
She could have just left it at: "Yes, mommy and daddy make the baby."
It's just as bad as Santa Clause, making a lie a family tradition. It's funny though, it all originated from a single little mushroom...
Actually, this might make the kid not so religious when she finds out God doesn't "put" the kid in the tummy of the mommy.
This reminds me of the guy in the matrix who regrets taking the red pill and decides he doesn't want to know the truth but instead wants to be reinserted into the matrix.
You wish to have been one of those children who were sure from the start, but it's not that they are sure, they just have never been given the choice to take the red or blue pill so to speak. There is a big difference between being sure of the truth, which imho no one ever truly is when it comes to God, and being indoctrinated from birth that something is the truth without question. I bet the children of muslim terrorists who are raised to want to be suicide bombers are 'sure' of the truth, but we know how ridiculous that is.
indeed, one of the things that put me out of my parents religion was the realization that pretty well anyone raised under one religion is just as *sure* about their religion being the right one, the true one as the next kid raised in a totally different religion. Brainwashing is brainwashing, and that's exaclty what I and my siblings received. I feel sorry for people who would welcome that, or wish it upon others children in the name of being sure of something.
So, Ill continue to sleep in, and have pancakes instead of communion crackers, thank you. If nothing else Im sure that I enjoy them far more than I do any church service I ever attended.
When she feels her child is ready, she'll help her understand that sex is the mechanism by which God makes babies.
I don't think it's appropriate for strangers to intervene in how parents choose to raise their children.
I don't think it's appropriate for strangers to intervene in how parents choose to raise their children.
Would you rather the woman started talking about penises and vaginas in the middle of the supermarket?
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Her child, her way of raising it. I'm sure those of you with kids out there would do SOMETING that other people would disagree with. It is all a matter of who's raising the kid.
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