tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post7108741476023462063..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Passive-Aggressive Atheism.Gruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-2097346464654951932014-10-21T07:09:11.106-04:002014-10-21T07:09:11.106-04:00"It must be a poor sort of religion that requ..."It must be a poor sort of religion that requires inculcating children with its tenets before they can work it out for themselves."<br /><br />Ever sort of culture must be taught to children before they can work it out for themselves.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864860607925412103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-65255444046653738672014-10-20T22:56:34.886-04:002014-10-20T22:56:34.886-04:00It must be a poor sort of religion that requires i...It must be a poor sort of religion that requires inculcating children with its tenets before they can work it out for themselves.<br /><br />" They lack the conviction to raise their children as atheists, but also lack the conviction to pick a religious community to help them raise their children. "<br /><br />A supportive community is a boon to any parent, and religion has no monopoly on that.<br /><br />" Claiming to raise your children with no religion 'so they can make up their own minds' is just a passive-aggressive way to teach atheism. "<br /><br />Is it a lack of conviction (and therefore a neglect of parenting) or is it a way of teaching atheism? Of course it can't be both, but for some reason you think parents must have a conviction to force some belief on their children rather than giving them the freedom to explore their beliefs and spirituality on their own terms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-30274329412495817152014-10-18T15:38:23.673-04:002014-10-18T15:38:23.673-04:00I don't have a particular example in mind. I h...I don't have a particular example in mind. I have met parents, though, who are themselves religiously ambivalent. They lack the conviction to raise their children as atheists, but also lack the conviction to pick a religious community to help them raise their children. Their claim that offering their children nothing is really a way of respecting their children's freedom has always struck me as disingenuous.<br /><br />The "passive-aggressive" construction is what struck me today as the right name for my criticism.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864860607925412103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-19180516145948521872014-10-18T15:23:48.228-04:002014-10-18T15:23:48.228-04:00Did you have a particular example in mind? Are yo...Did you have a particular example in mind? Are you referring to the problem of developing a moral framework out of nothing?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07266356707388376317noreply@blogger.com