Just when you think a teenager could use God in his or her life, that’s precisely when they’re likeliest to experiment with disbelief.
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@SurfinSeaOtter
Well, first you start off disbelieving small things, like daisies or snowflakes or blades of grass. When you've managed that, you can try moving onto bigger and more substantial things, like stones or knitting needles. That level of disbelief accomplished, move onto windowpanes or flights of stairs, then cliffs and chainsaws. Finally - if you're still alive - you convince yourself to disbelieve in reality, and at that point you become a fundie.
Experiment?
Bitch, I'm a PROFESSIONAL!
I know what I'm doing.
Now stand back, I'm about to refute the Argument from Design.
"Psst! Hey kid, wanna try some disbelief ? It'll like, totally expand your mind, dude."
Yeah, that seems reasonable. Or not.
We could all use a useful Sky Daddy in our lives, who grants our wishes. I wish I could win the lottery tonight. Problem is, I have a better chance of winning the lottery tonight than obtaining such a Sky Daddy in my life.
She's right *sob*. Once I started disbelieving lies I got hooked!
I started off small, disbelieving in Santa Claus and the Easter bunny, but gradually moved on to harder stuff, like religion.
Now I don't even believe in the bail-out!
Fundamentalist parents: unite! Help your kids say NO to disbelief, thinking for themselves, and forming their own opinions! Disbelief is BAAAAD. It's much more dangerous to experiment with disbelief than, say, heroin or crystal meth.
"Just when you think a teenager could use God in his or her life, that’s precisely when they’re likeliest to experiment with disbelief"
//The reason is that when we ask for help, God doesn't do jack shit, so we start thinking he's either lazy, or doesn't exist.
On a side note, Someone should totally come out with a new drug called disbelief....or not
If you had something credible to offer in support of your religion, this wouldn't be a problem. Even if you can't offer evidence of your god (and you can't), what about the religious community you show your teens? Do they see it as a warm, inviting place or a seething den of irrational anxieties and hypocrisy?
Don't bother to answer that question. Your kids will answer it with their behavior.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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