Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sunybcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!sunybcs!forys From: forys@sunybcs.UUCP (Jeff Forys) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.kids Subject: RE: Re: Religious Brainwashing of Children Message-ID: <197@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Aug-84 00:37:30 EDT Article-I.D.: sunybcs.197 Posted: Wed Aug 1 00:37:30 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 2-Aug-84 07:06:02 EDT References: <2035@hplabsc.UUCP>, <8022@umcp-cs.UUCP>, <181@sunybcs.UUCP>, <8477@watmath.UUCP> Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 18 From saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley), Posted: Sun Jul 29 16:34:26 1984 > Children might be more ignorant than adults, but they are certainly not stupid > and are usually very interested in having things explained to them, so why not > do it? it's not that hard. Alright, explain to a child what happens when a parent (grandparent, etc) DIES. To tell a child "You will never seeagain because (s)he died" *must* be difficult for a child to understand -- what about emotional trauma? Even many adults have trouble understanding death, maybe another reason for religion? UUCP: {cmc12,hao,harpo}!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!forys {allegra,decvax}!watmath!sunybcs!forys ARPA, CSnet: forys.buffalo@rand-relay Hey Rosen (rich), Have you got a copy of: "The Amazing Adventures of Captain Gladis Stout Pamphlet And Her Intrepid Spaniel Stig Amongst The Giant Pygmies of Bechoels, Volume VIII"?