Alex Angas says:
November 19, 2009 at 10:51 am

Is it a coincidence that the phrase “Let Me Grow Up” and particularly the words “Grow Up” are directly above the word “Athiest”? Hence the suggestion “Grow Up Athiest”?

HaHa!

Humanism is indeed a religion. I believe in science and nature, but remain open minded to other religions and their basis in fact. I am also a parent and when my son, now 2, is old enough to ask myself and my partner questions on religion we will research things together as a family and explain things to him, including our viewpoint.

What will differ in our family as opposed to other religious families is that we fully accept that we may be completely wrong in our beliefs and will tell him as much. He truly can make up his own mind on his personal belief system, and if he does grow up to be a religion different to ours, gay or any other label you can think of, as long as he is happy with who he is we will be happy to. My son’s only label is ‘James’.

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My mother was one of fifteen children (contraception not allowed, you see) living in a small village in Ireland in the forties and fifties.

Her father worked horrible hours for a pittance at the local racing stables, and money was very tight.
Yet every Sunday he’d put money in the collection plate at church, because each Sunday a list of those who’d given would be read out to the congregation and he didn’t want to suffer the humiliation the following week of others knowing he didn’t give.
My mum and her siblings had no bloody shoes, yet he still gave money to the church every week because of their policy of reading out the names of givers.

This is how the church gets it’s money. From the poor and scarred.

I’m guessing you’re no Atheist?..Fair enough, but might I add something?

Money raised for this was VOLUNTARILY donated by those who support it, as is their right. What right do you have to say where people use their money? The Catholic church is sitting on unimaginable sums of cash we’ll never see been used to benefit others but is that more acceptable to you because it’s held by a religious organization?

Children In Need this year raised over £20 million pounds, & similar charity events all over the world continue to do well despite times been hard for many. It is clear that people still have time to give to those deserving, rather than the church.

- Harsh opinion – but it could be argued it keeps people in jobs, keeps Dawkins in work, sells books, stimulates important debate, draws attention to important current issues. Or did you mean to say X-Factor? cos then I’m with you. Monumental waste of time and money – Phillis

Phillip Pullman states the following about his “fictional” books for children, “I don’t think I’m writing fantasy. I think I’m writing realism. My books are psychologically real.” But what does he really write about? As he has admitted, “My books are about killing God” and “I’m trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief.”

More evidence here:
http://atheismisdead.blogspot.com/2009/11/deceptive-manipulative-propagandist.html

Yet again, atheists are collecting “amazing sums” during a time of worldwide recession not in order to help anyone in real material need but in order to at