My eight year old told me his coach told him to learn the pledge. I told him to tell his coach , thanks but no thanks. They go to play baseball not make pledges to this make believe G-D. I think the coach means well, wants my boy to have a chance to lead the other sheep, they take turns being little pastors at little league games. He is a great guy. His kids don’t have names for the bible.
My other kids added that they get “ZAPS” if the don’t say the pledge of the allegiance. I said go ahead and get the “ZAPS” I’ll take care of it. They said most kids make a parody of it but just don’t speak very loudly.
So while worrying about whether or not God exists may be dumb but worrying about what kind of standing the make believe Big Fella has in our society and who is propping him up, well that’s more complex.
I never put my kid in church , thought about it based on comments from piggs many years ago, for about a nanosecond. I believe actions speak louder than words and that if there is a God he probably hears pretty well. Doesn’t give a damn about religion. A child’s real church is how his parents and others around him or her act. Why teach them anything that you have to say isn’t real later? Especially something that is so loaded with problems.
I am all for teaching kids about religions in a survey sort of format. We do that all the time.
