Comments on: When Atheists and Christians collide http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/01/20/when-atheists-and-christians-collide/ Parenting, Politics and News for the Perfectly Challenged Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:49:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jessica http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/01/20/when-atheists-and-christians-collide/#comment-94193 Jessica Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:28:48 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/01/20/when-atheists-and-christians-collide/#comment-94193 [quote comment="93925"]"the communion wafer IS the body of Christ" "no, it just REPRESENTS the body of Christ" "it's transubstantiation" "no, it's consubstantiation" "pass the milk will you? And just shut up about Christ."[/quote] Too funny. Almost sounds existential. [quote comment="93925"]“the communion wafer IS the body of Christ”
“no, it just REPRESENTS the body of Christ”
“it’s transubstantiation”
“no, it’s consubstantiation”
“pass the milk will you? And just shut up about Christ.”[/quote]

Too funny. Almost sounds existential.

]]> By: linda http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/01/20/when-atheists-and-christians-collide/#comment-94002 linda Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:46:55 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/01/20/when-atheists-and-christians-collide/#comment-94002 It's interesting that you would say one parent is Christian and one is a "heathen". After reading the blod ent ry, it seems to me that both mom and dad are heathens and Grandma is doing her best to try to incorporate a little Godliness into her grandchildren's lives! Kudos for her. It’s interesting that you would say one parent is Christian and one is a “heathen”. After reading the blod ent ry, it seems to me that both mom and dad are heathens and Grandma is doing her best to try to incorporate a little Godliness into her grandchildren’s lives! Kudos for her.

]]> By: Beta Mum http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/01/20/when-atheists-and-christians-collide/#comment-93925 Beta Mum Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:21:47 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/01/20/when-atheists-and-christians-collide/#comment-93925 Some friends of mine had one child at a catholic school and the other at a protestant pre-school. I envisaged arguments over the cornflakes along the lines of - "the communion wafer IS the body of Christ" "no, it just REPRESENTS the body of Christ" "it's transubstantiation" "no, it's consubstantiation" "pass the milk will you? And just shut up about Christ." Some friends of mine had one child at a catholic school and the other at a protestant pre-school. I envisaged arguments over the cornflakes along the lines of -
“the communion wafer IS the body of Christ”
“no, it just REPRESENTS the body of Christ”
“it’s transubstantiation”
“no, it’s consubstantiation”
“pass the milk will you? And just shut up about Christ.”

]]> By: Michael http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/01/20/when-atheists-and-christians-collide/#comment-63660 Michael Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:05:38 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/01/20/when-atheists-and-christians-collide/#comment-63660 While I understand that a high percentage of the While I understand that a significant percentage of the US population believes in some form of supernatural force, Those who have been schooled in statistical analysis-- a prerequisite of science have so far found NO support for that hypothesis. To train children to believe in low probability hypotheses is to enable them to believe in ANYTHING: fairies, devils, superior or inferior races, whatever. We need a citizenry that is rational if this Society is to survive, Teaching them otherwise is to do them ane us all serious disservice While I understand that a high percentage of the While I understand that a significant percentage of the US population believes in some form of supernatural force, Those who have been schooled in statistical analysis– a prerequisite of science have so far found NO support for that hypothesis.
To train children to believe in low probability hypotheses is to enable them to believe in ANYTHING: fairies, devils, superior or inferior races, whatever. We need a citizenry that is rational if this Society is to survive, Teaching them otherwise is to do them ane us all serious disservice

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