We have a similar case on FR:
To: AmusedBystander
“I would worry more about imparting that “godless” part on them, just in case you are wrong.”
Well, here’s the deal. The atheist I know don’t care what other people believe, nor do they try to dissuade anyone. My parents are both atheists, yet they sent all of their children, including myself, to Sunday School at the Presbyterian church near our home. Every Sunday.
I asked them about that recently. They’re 81 years old now, and are atheists (and Republicans). My mom said that they though it was important for us, as children, to be thoroughly exposed to the dominant religion of this country. She said that we’d make up our own minds when we were old enough to think about it.
She was right. I’m the only atheist among their children. I attended church until I was about 20...every Sunday, and sang in the choir, played piano and did other music at the church.
As a middle-schooler, I got a really nice award for having memorized the the first four chapters of the New Testament.
In fact, I was admitted to Wheaton College, with a strong chance of going into the ministry. But, I decided to become an Electronics Engineer, so I went to another school.
After a couple of more years, I stopped being able to believe in supernatural entities. That doesn’t mean that I lack moral values, though. I have the same ones you do, I’m betting.
49 posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:58:36 PM by MineralMan (godless atheist)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2436341/posts
In your opinion then would we be or have been better off as an atheist country?
Wasn’t one of Bush’s speech writers from Wheaton College?
He is an ammoral unethical pos.
Coincidently, his moral values happen to be the same ones he learn in a Christian school, LOL.