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Can Atheists Be Parents?
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| Dec. 07, 1970
Posted on 01/02/2008 4:38:37 PM PST by Dawnsblood
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To: Dawnsblood
“Can Atheists Be Parents?”
Yes however they understand when they look into their child’s eyes and smiles, they only see worm food.
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:40:03 PM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: Dawnsblood
I misread the headline as
"CAN ATHEISTS BE PRIESTS?" Ha.
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:41:38 PM PST
by
jdm
To: jdm
Yeah, sure, but they have to do to the schools for it just like everybody else.
To: Dawnsblood
Alternate headline: “Can Time be in more love with Atheists”?
To: edcoil
What a dumb ass thing to say.
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:45:29 PM PST
by
ShadowDancer
("To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.")
To: Dawnsblood
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:45:37 PM PST
by
kjam22
(see me play the guitar here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noHy7Cuoucc)
To: Dawnsblood; Admin Moderator
Exuse me, but the date you posted on the article was “ 1/7/08”. This article was published 12/07/1970, 37 years ago.
To: Dawnsblood
The freedom to practice religion includes the freedom to practice no religion.
My Protestant faith is so strong is needs no legislation to strengthen it.
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:45:57 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(Is FR worth our time anymore? All the "fun" sees to be gone.)
To: edcoil
Care to explain that idiotic comment?
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:47:11 PM PST
by
darkangel82
(And the band played on....)
To: Dawnsblood
Makes me wonder if there are other issues at hand. Seems pretty arbitrary to reject because of a lack of religion.
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:47:15 PM PST
by
onja
("The government of England is a limited mockery.") (France was a complete mockery.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Time was online back in 1970? Algore had the internet invented by then?
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:47:35 PM PST
by
jdm
To: Paleo Conservative
My apologies, you are correct.
To: Dawnsblood
Since the woman is a “pantheist”, which means she believes in God in some form, why didn’t these two join a Unitarian Church so they’d have a religion to put down on the adoption forms? If they really wanted a baby, they would have done something that accommodated his atheism while (ethically) enabling them to claim a religion. I think there’s more to this story. (Antoher point: a woman giving her baby up for adoption is free to choose the religion of the adoptive parents. How many such women do you think say it’s fine if their baby’s parents are atheists?)
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:47:56 PM PST
by
utahagen
To: Dawnsblood
Last year the Burkes presented their adopted son, David, now 31, with a baby sister, Eleanor Katherine, now 17 months, whom they acquired from the same East Orange agency.
I think I'd be more concerned about the age of the parents. If they have a 31 year old adopted son, they'd have to be rather old to be adopting a 17 month old girl. Considering this article was published 37 years ago, the 31 year old son would now be 68, and the girl would now be 38½ years old.
To: edcoil
Yes however they understand when they look into their child’s eyes and smiles, they only see worm food. No, we see a beautiful child that we hope to raise to be a good person and a benefit to humanity. What a depressing outlook you're projecting onto others.
To: Dawnsblood
I think even athiests are able to figure out how to insert tab A in slot B. Thats about all it takes to become parents.
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:54:12 PM PST
by
festus
(Fred Thompson '08)
To: Dawnsblood
Eleanor Katherine, now 17 months, whom they acquired Isn't that a heartwarming statement. "Acquired." Like a land transaction. God help us all.
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:57:41 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: jdm
I saw the same thing. My eyes are failing fast :(
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posted on
01/02/2008 4:58:10 PM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
To: Dawnsblood
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