I'd rather deal with death than god.
To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It's a ritual sacrifice, with pie.
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Cashmere - Feb 27, 2010 8:58:08 pm PST #11909 of 30001
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DavidS - Feb 27, 2010 9:05:22 pm PST #11910 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
javachik - Feb 27, 2010 9:06:07 pm PST #11911 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
All of those tough and awkward parenting moments are made that much harder with having to deal with the kids talking with other kids who report to their parents. I imagine, obviously, since I don't have kids. I always think parenting has got to be so hard, because everything you do can have community repercussions.
Burrell - Feb 27, 2010 9:07:23 pm PST #11912 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'd rather deal with death than god.
I can understand that. In some ways the questions seem to follow naturally.
Trudy Booth - Feb 27, 2010 9:08:25 pm PST #11913 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I know my Mom pretty explicitly didn't lie to us about death. It is very rare for babies to die. It is very rare for parents to die. It is very rare for healthy people to die.
And when she asked if she could die she would say that it was very very unlikely and talk about all the people who loved us and take care of us if she could not. This was maybe made trickier by her being frequently sick and hospitalized several times.
And even though she's religious, she tended toward "Well I believe..." in matters of God and the afterlife. We always knew different people believed different things and would talk about some of them.
Cashmere - Feb 27, 2010 9:10:00 pm PST #11914 of 30001
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If Owen goes to one of his Catholic classmates and mentions a "big, angry sky wizard" we'll see how that turns out.
I think it might be easier to explain God to my kids if I believed. DH is agnostic, I'm atheist.
DavidS - Feb 27, 2010 9:13:55 pm PST #11915 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think it might be easier to explain God to my kids if I believed.
Well, then just tell the truth. "I don't think there is a God."
I remember my friend Alison telling me about asking her dad "what happens after you die" when she was five years old. And he said, "It's like you go to sleep but you don't wake up."
And she was fine with that.
Cashmere - Feb 27, 2010 9:15:41 pm PST #11916 of 30001
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Oh, I can deal with explaining my beliefs--it's the concept of god that sounds really hard to explain.
Trudy Booth - Feb 27, 2010 9:17:24 pm PST #11917 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Well, then just tell the truth. "I don't think there is a God."
Yeah, and maybe avoid "big, angry, sky wizard" as any sort of official definition. It's probably not what most of his classmates and their families have in mind re: their diety.
Trudy Booth - Feb 27, 2010 9:21:09 pm PST #11918 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Oh, I can deal with explaining my beliefs--it's the concept of god that sounds really hard to explain.
Well, you can talk about a few concepts of God. Some people think of God as a creator of everything, some people think of God as having planned everything that will ever happen. Some cultures believe in several Gods, one for the water, one for the air...
I really think "different people think diffent things" is one of the main things for them to learn about, you know, ANYTHING. God, politics, brands of gin...
"The whole world is not like me and your dad," seemed to be a shock to a lot of my classmates when I started college. Some had very narrow frames of reference.