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From: julian@deepthot.UUCP (Julian Davies)
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Subject: Re: RE: Re: Religious Brainwashing of Children
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Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 09:40:08 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  2 09:40:08 1984
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-From: forys@sunybcs.UUCP (Jeff Forys)
	-> I, for one, do not want my children not to do things
	-> because someone will "get mad", be she god or anyone else.
	-> Often the right thing to do WILL make someone mad, and one
	-> should do it anyway.
-Often, the right thing to do will make someone mad, and one SHOULDN'T
-do it.  I believe it's called using your best judgement -- now, try to
-teach that to your kids.

Sometimes one should avoid doing something because it would make
someone else mad, but it is a pretty poor reason as such.  If it *ought*
to be done, other people's reactions need to be taken account of but
not bowed down to.  Maybe there will be *another way* to do the
right thing, which takes accounts of the initial objections.

  Teaching children this kind of approach to ethics in life I
believe is primarily a matter of LIVING ones own life this way, and
communicating ones beliefs to the children as opportunity arises.
What one does in life teaches more than what one says, though
explaining can be a help to another person's understanding.

		Julian davies
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