Comments on: Universal Children’s Day http://maggidawn.com/universal-childrens-day/ Author, musician and theologian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Martin http://maggidawn.com/universal-childrens-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7556 Martin Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:28:41 +0000 http://maggidawn.com/?p=2286#comment-7556 what (disingenuous?) nonsense. The campaign does nothing of the sort. Of course people will bring up children with their values including atheists. What the campaign is about is * labelling* children with the religion or other belief of their parents. It's aim is for it to sound as ridiculous to hear a child described as "christian" as it is for her to be described as "post modernist" or "monetarist" or (of course) "atheist" or "humanist". The most cursory web search would have explained the same. what (disingenuous?) nonsense. The campaign does nothing of the sort. Of course people will bring up children with their values including atheists. What the campaign is about is * labelling* children with the religion or other belief of their parents. It’s aim is for it to sound as ridiculous to hear a child described as “christian” as it is for her to be described as “post modernist” or “monetarist” or (of course) “atheist” or “humanist”.

The most cursory web search would have explained the same.

]]> By: Tony B http://maggidawn.com/universal-childrens-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7369 Tony B Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:53:14 +0000 http://maggidawn.com/?p=2286#comment-7369 >Do New Atheists really bring up their children to think that if they want to be religious then that’s absolutely hunky-dory? Or do they impart their own views about religion? It is entirely possible to do both. >Do New Atheists really bring up their children to think that if they want to be religious then that’s absolutely hunky-dory? Or do they impart their own views about religion?

It is entirely possible to do both.

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