I find that to be true of theists, not atheists. They tend to be so focused on the “right” and “wrong” 0f sex, they have no time or energy left for thinking rationally about sex.Well, thinking rationally about sex is something atheists can excel at, while actually having sex is left to the far more capable theists.
thatoneguy: “I’m aware it’s not a choice to be gay."
Yet you think teaching that in school is liberal propaganda? I’m sure the explanation for that paradoxical position will be… interesting.I don't if the school is trying to teach kids the cause of homosexuality. It would be virtually impossible to teach very young children something so complex, so it's doubtful -- however they are trying convey the false message that sexualities other than heterosexual are normal and healthy. THAT IS LIBERAL PROPAGANDA.
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You may be as you describe, but I doubt atheism has anything to do with it. Atheism is only a lack of belief in god(s). As far as I can see it has no powers to affect anyone’s ability to form relationships. In my experience it can help a person think more clearly about many things, but, as with all such things, it’s very complicated. For one thing, when it comes to belief or non belief, it’s impossible to know for sure what’s cause and what’s effect, and everyone’s experiences with belief and non-belief are different. For me, my atheism has been a positive influence in most areas of my life. I can’t think if any area where it’s had a negative influence.
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Sorry we can’t see expression and hear tone; I was being sarcastic.
My opinion is that religious beliefs or the lack of them have little to do with relationships. That’s just going by the numbers.
Part of my Asperger’s is having the social skills of a carrot. I also have no small talk, usually miss body language cues, and have limited empathy. So, I think those things probably had more to do with my problems with relationships than my atheism.(which I count as an asset)
Then again, as Sigmund Freud did not say “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”. I may simply suck at relationships.
Lois said: I find that to be true of theists, not atheists. They tend to be so focused on the “right” and “wrong” 0f sex, they have no time or energy left for thinking rationally about sex.
Oneguy replied: Well, thinking rationally about sex is something atheists can excel at, while actually having sex is left to the far more capable theists.
TimB says: Really, Oneguy? You are claiming that religious people are “more capable” at “having sex” than atheists. You could sell a bumper sticker: “Religious Nuts Have More Testosterone”. Seriously tho, how do you justify your claim?
Been thinking about this topic for a few days. I remember someone telling me that a baby a person from the second it is born. What it is not is a cute accessory nor a possession.
Childless expert again, so please forgive my 2 cents;
Seems to me that a parent does not have right to choose a child’s life beliefs, religious, political or ethical. By all means teach one’s own world view. Ideally, a child should be slowly exposed to a range of different beliefs and values. The aim being that the child would eventually choose its own beliefs and values. I have no idea how practical that is. I can see what a burden that would put on parents.
I try to avoid moral absolutes, unlike my dogmatic father and the Church. I have also met adult children produced by hippies who are complete straight arrows; 9 to 5 jobs, devout Christians , politically and socially conservative–Perhaps a great deciding factor might be the type of relationship children have with their parents; IE if troubled, abusive and unhappy, a child might well reject everything seen as part of parents beliefs and values.–having reached the not unreasonable conclusion that parental values didn’t stop them from being arseholes