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Should every child be a theist, and every adult an atheist?
It is wonderfully reassuring for children to feel that they are the subject of god's love and that their grandparents, at their deaths, have moved on to a heavenly paradise.
However, as you know, the Bible tells us that as adults we should "put away childish things" What is more childish than believing in an imaginary god and denying the truth about death - that it leads immediately to oblivion? At some point in our teen years, all of us ought to decide not only to get older, but to grow up and become genuine adults as well.
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- YodaLv 66 years ago
Nature does not use anything as a model. It is only interested in perfecting the species. It is trying to create perfect species and not perfect beings.
To be yourself requires extraordinary intelligence. You are blessed with that intelligence; nobody need give it to you; nobody can take it away from you. He who lets that express itself in its own way is a 'Natural Man'.
You want to make man conform. You want to control the development of children and adults alike. You are like a tadpole who mistakenly believes that he can control the oceans.
If everybody were meant to be the same, they would be the same. They are not the same, thus any attempt to enforce intelligence or POV is futile. Current variety amongst our species is the result of evolution and natural deselection (or un-survival of the unlucky & the misadapted). It (nature) makes no mistakes because it doesn't follow a blue-print. The people you consider to be ignorant and uneducated are here because of their ancestors ignorance's. This means that ignorance is part of nature, not something to be eradicated. The world is not something that needs fixing. Thus by that logic, I will stop berating you for your POV and never respond to you again.
- MarcLv 76 years ago
Thats exactly what happens as a child we have a strong connection to soul the energy most call God as pick up negative thought we loose this connection , this is fine if genetic and environmental factors are positive if not we may need to strengthen that connection to soul use the evolutional energy to get back on track , be a child not childish.
More info type in Marc Lambert and God
- 6 years ago
lol You Atheists Crack me up.
The Tilma of St. Juan Diego, The Grotto at Lourdes France, The Miracle of the Sun in Fatima, The stigmata , incorruptible body's of saints, The Host turning into real flesh and blood at mass, statues weeping tears of blood. Clearly there is more than enough evidence that God and heaven do exist. How much more proof do you people need.
- MoiLv 76 years ago
No
And the only foolish thing is NOT believing in God who says:
Psa 53:1 [[To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.]] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
You too will believe on that awful day. Everyone will.
Isa 45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess.
God laughs at such as this
Psa 37:13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
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- Matthew TLv 76 years ago
It's fairly childish to think that you can make god imaginary by just saying it without any proof. Oh, but only Christians have to prove what they say?
- ?Lv 76 years ago
It's wonderfully reassuring for children to believe that they're a worthless product of sin that needs to spend their entire unworthy lives trying to repent? That if they don't they'll burn in hell for all eternity? Sounds more nightmarish to me.
- Anonymous6 years ago
No kids need to be introduced to threats of burning in Hell. Just my opinion.