FUCK.

[conuly]

Just today I googled and dug up this link. By and large, I don't have any need for atheist writings, I was raised godless and have never seen the need to justify my (lack of) faith to anybody. But all that aside, I knew about the link and site.

Looked it up in response to this post (and thank you, ginmar, for giving me nightmares right before Thanksgiving!) that's making the rounds.

The above link contains mention of what I consider to be emotional and spiritual abuse of a young child. Read at your own risk.

I have no words to describe how appalled I am that anybody could be proud of teaching their kid that they shouldn't feel good about themselves (no, she actually said that). Reciting a litany of what she's done wrong every day. Sheesh. Don't lie to your kid if they ask, but ever heard of saying "Nope, you weren't perfect, but you did try, I saw that, and I bet God did too"?

I suppose it makes sense if you believe from the start that "we are all born God hating and evil" (by which I assume she means we are evil, not that we hate both God and evil). But then it *doesn't* make sense. If we're all born hating God and being totally evil, why would any of us desire to change one whit? But clearly her daughter wants to be good enough for her mom, wants to be good enough for her mom's view of God. I don't get it. I just don't.

Poor kid.

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[sayga.livejournal.com]

I'm with you there. Kira asked me some religious-type question once and I gave her my answer. Later I told Daniel, and he was like, "Oh, I would have told her [something else]." So now, I tell her what I believe and then invite her to ask other people to find out what they believe as well. It was weird, because before that, I didn't think Daniel believed in God either. It was odd discovering that he did (you'd think I'd know that after being together 7 years).

[conuly]

Yeah, you'd think it would've come up somewhere along the line :)

Learning that people who care about each other and love each other can have disparate beliefs is a good thing for a small child, I think.