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"Steve O" <nospamhere@thanks.com> wrote in message 
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> <hhyapster@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>> On Jul 11, 7:04 am, rbwinn <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote:
>>> On Jul 9, 7:31 pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
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>>> > "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message 
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>>> > >> IME, children are naturally credulous. ?We pick explanations that 
>>> > >> fit the
>>> > >> available facts. ?If our environment acts as if Santa Claus is real 
>>> > >> and
>>> > >> we
>>> > >> have no evidence to doubt that assertion, we believe.- Hide quoted 
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>>> > >> - Show quoted text -
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>>> > > Or, like Steve O's little boy, if the parents say there is no God,
>>> > > they try to believe what they hear their parents say.
>>> > > Robert B. Winn
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>>> > You obviously weren't listening.
>>> > I haven't told him there is no God.
>>> > I'm sure, like his sister, he can make his own mind up later on that.
>>> > I just hope I can equip him with the critical thinking skills required 
>>> > to
>>> > come to that decision.
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>>> > --
>>> > Steve O
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>>> So you are saying that you son does not know you are an atheist.
>>> That is certainly very open minded.
>>> Robert B. Winn
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> You just don't listen.
> My son is two years old- he doesn't know what an atheist is.
> His sister who is 9, understands, and considers herself to be an atheist.

How horrible for you..  I can see it now -- sprog hits puberty and teenage 
rebel phase, refuses to wear makeup, won't shag pimply boyfriend or get a 
tattoo, and declares her firm intention to enter a convent over Friday 
fish....