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- From: lilleyc@cs.man.ac.uk (Chris Lilley)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Re: the next generation...?
- Message-ID: <7474@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 02:13:18 GMT
- References: <kre-210193205220@b61693.student.cwru.edu> <2B5F5C82.2498@news.service.uci.edu>
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- In article <2B5F5C82.2498@news.service.uci.edu>
- cortese@skid.ps.uci.edu (Janis Maria Cortese) [Hi JANIS] writes:
-
- >In article <kre-210193205220@b61693.student.cwru.edu> kre@po.CWRU.edu
- (Keith R. Elflein) writes:
-
- >>In reading some of these articles and also from my own mind :) I have come
- >>across an issue that i would like some input on.
- >> [...]
- >>If one parent is a wiccan and the other belongs to one
- >>of the other religions, there could potentially be some SERIOUS conflict :)
-
- > [Sensible reply about giving them some options & leaving it open
- deleted for space]
-
- >>I would like to teach my children Wicca because i feel that
- >>it is not only a religion, but an entire way of life that i feel is
- >>correct. (i mean the bond between humans and the rest of nature that we are
- >
- >Watch out. A way of life is correct for YOU. Your kids might not
- >agree.
-
- Generally I agree with Janis's position. But its a grey area. At what
- point does teaching respect for the earth move into religion? What do
- you do when your bright little 18 month old 'atmosphere barometer'
- spontaneously joins in clearing up staleness in a room?
-
- >Gotcha! Just let the kid grow up with a sense of logic and rationality
- >sbout the universe, and that the universe is open to questions, and that
- >there are some things that you CAN get the answers to, and some things
- >that no one yet knows the answers to, and some things beyond asking
- >questions . . . They'll get the hang of it for themselves.
-
- Yes, I agree. And yet - at what point does this become a tacit message
- to the child, 'only that which is logical has validity, learn to
- mistrust your feelings' ?
-
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- Chris Lilley
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