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- theNazz, on 10/21/2007, -48/+868Why on Earth would somebody who does not believe in God have a kid with an Evangelical? Yikes!
- SheilaNoya, on 10/20/2007, -138/+770He should scare his daughter and make her read Leviticus, then tell her that she's going to hell too. Has she ever eaten shrimp? Does she wear clothing of mixed fibers? Has she ever spoken aloud in a church? Sorry bitch, but all of those are "abominations unto God" and will send your little ass straight to hell.
- vault, on 10/22/2007, -29/+385the sex is kinkier with the repressed?
- bigbadgoat, on 10/14/2007, -53/+355Whats even more ***** is the response the father gets.
Don't believe in a ***** football? A collective figment of your imagination? I can touch, hold, throw a football, can't do that with God.
It takes you YEARS to understand the rules of football and how the game is played? What, are you ***** retarded?
He should go to church with her to give her comfort that you aren't going to hell? And ***** contribute to the ***** illusion? I'd want a ***** rational thinking child, and her crying over perfectly normal, and intellectual thought is nothing short of insanity. - hamobu, on 10/14/2007, -86/+379Poor kid has been brainwashed. "Get them while there young" said the Jesuits.
- ripstuntz, on 10/14/2007, -64/+300This guy holds a great point. A 13 year old girl who has entirely no right to think for her self in certain situations is ludacris. This is exactly why I do not attend church, although I figured this out when I was around the daughters age... I was sick of being forced to think what the church attempted to pound in my head weekend after weekend.
If church is so great and holy, then why must they force these children, who have entirely every right in the world to make up their minds for themselves, to agree or be damned for eternity.
Digg me down if you disagree, but it doesn't make much sense to me... - Rsardinia, on 10/11/2007, -24/+253Just make sure you tell your daughter her mom is going to hell as well because she married a non-believer, had his child, and then got divorced. That will really make her feel awesome.
- inactive, on 10/14/2007, -18/+240You'd be surprised how many "Christian" women are whores 6 days out of the week. After all, all the sinners are in church..or so they say.
- synaesthesia, on 10/14/2007, -16/+187Wow its almost as if religious beliefs should be taken into consideration before marriage.
- doctechnical, on 10/14/2007, -31/+191I figured Dad's answer should be "If I don't worship your god I have to suffer eternally? That sounds like terrorism to me."
- TheSavant, on 10/14/2007, -50/+187When something is harmful, and evangelical Christianity is harmful, parents have a duty to help steer their children away from it. He shouldn't go to this church. He shouldn't lower himself to this nonsense. He should help her learn right from wrong, and not the right and wrong this church is teaching her. He should teach her that hate and oppression are wrong. Denying scientific facts is wrong. Forcing your beliefs on everyone around you is wrong. Putting a God sticker on science books is wrong. Changing someone's documentary because it doesn't agree with you is wrong. I have seen what this situation can do to a kid first hand. Children have a hard time seeing hypocrisy. As a parent he needs to let her know that these churches are full of it.
- Eivo, on 10/10/2007, -10/+132Maybe I misunderstood the columnist reply to the article. Did they just tell the dad, in order to fix this problem that he need to buy into all the theist ***** and do as his daughter says?
- inactive, on 10/14/2007, -24/+145 What was it that John Lennon said? "...keep you doped with religion, sex, and TV/and you think you're so clever and classless and free/But your still ***** peasants as far as I can see..."
Faith isn't necessarily bad, as long as individuals decide what to believe. If you decide what to believe, your belief can change easily. It is more flexible. But when you listen "to the folks on the hill", you are told what to believe. You aren't free, you're a slave to the institution.
Churches are bad, regardless of your belief. - nblsavage, on 10/20/2007, -30/+150then where do you schmucks get off condemning gays? That comes from the old testament also.
- Drahkar, on 10/11/2007, -35/+151The sad part is that Evangelical Christians are just as dangerous as Islamic Extremists. They are just as fanatical and refuse to listen to anything anyone has to say unless you are agreeing with them.
- ashmael, on 10/20/2007, -14/+121Yeah, next time she asks for something he should tell her that he doesn't have enough money but that God is fine with selling her into slavery so that he can support himself.
- noahhoward, on 10/14/2007, -10/+116Which is ironic because the Romans were some fruity guys.
- Divals, on 10/10/2007, -15/+119This is why I never touch an evangelical Christian below the waist.
- Neiby, on 10/20/2007, -30/+124They still believe in the Old Testament. But they just pull out the Jesus excuse so they don't have to believe the parts that are inconvenient for them or that no longer fit into our culture.
- phy6uva, on 10/10/2007, -13/+107Ummm lets get to the real issue... Cary Tennis is a scary ass columnist.
"If you go get brainwashed too, you will better understand your daughter" (paraphrased of course) - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -36/+128religion does more harm than good. the world would be a better place without it
- therightside, on 10/20/2007, -72/+163But if she read the rest of the Bible she would realize that Christians do not live by the old testament anymore. That was the point of Jesus, which is a major part of the Bible and kind of makes your argument stupid. How could you read the Bible without reading about Jesus?
And where did your qoute "abominations unto God" come from? please reference. - Batfishy, on 10/10/2007, -16/+101Richard Dawkins thinks it is child abuse to force religion on children.
- cacav99, on 10/14/2007, -10/+94I'm rather stunned by the response he got. A treatise on the existence of football, followed by "Go to church and go through the motions"? Who is this columnist?
- nicko68, on 10/11/2007, -2/+84Going to church does not mean you are magically free of sin.
- SimianSamurai, on 10/15/2007, -9/+86You're right... I call upon the power of Thor to solve my family issues!
- MacEnvy, on 10/10/2007, -8/+81Yeah, that was an awful answer. It would have been much more helpful if the "expert" had instead described other methods of talking to his daughter about other beliefs instead of just telling him to suck it up and *go against* his own beliefs.
- pbaehr, on 10/14/2007, -6/+74No, it is NOT a reasonable response. It is a horrible analogy.
Give me a few hours and I can easily prove to myself that football does in fact exist.
I spent a very long time when I was young trying to do the same for religion and now I'm an atheist. - melonhedd, on 10/11/2007, -29/+95Just like Linux users.
- r0b0, on 10/11/2007, -5/+71Not going to church also does not mean that you are going to hell, some christians are just insane.
- Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -4/+67I'm in total agreement there. A girl broke up with me shortly after joining , what some in my town called, a wierd church. She told me that unless I go to the same church and only hang around the people from that church( basically ditch my friends) that she couldn't be with me. So I said "***** THAT", see you on TV.
- CaptMonkey, on 10/10/2007, -12/+75Christians don't live by Law of Moses from the Old Testament anymore? That's not what Jesus said...
Matthew 5:17-20
17"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
I think you broke the commandments and just taught others to do the same. - gropo, on 10/10/2007, -32/+95So... The old fairy tales were nullified by the new fairy tales. And yet you guys still read the old ones. And then pick and choose which edicts you want to cull from the old ones, such as "homosexuality is a sin" and not "sleeping next to a menstruating woman is a sin unless she bathed in a specific river"
Gotcha. P.S. there's a fire breathing dragon living in my garage. - sparquay, on 10/10/2007, -29/+91It's not that we don't live by the Old Testament anymore, it's that the "Law" was given so that we'd understand what sin was and how much we need the mercy of God. God gave his mercy through the sacrifice of his own son, Jesus (fully human and fully God) so that we might have a way to live free from the Law, freed from our sin, and adopted as sons of God, just like Christ through his death. Given the Spirit to live a new life and do God's will. Read Romans some time. My favorite book.
It's understandable that many people who read the Bible to find out what it says dismiss it because of the first few books. It's a shame it's so misunderstood and misquoted so much. And so-called Christians do a good job of disproving it themselves by how they live.
But more than likely this will fall on deaf ears who will shut it down as fundamental fairy tale poppycock. - Zippo, on 10/14/2007, -22/+80This is why I'm against shoving evangelical religion down kids throats. They're far too impressionable and will believe anything you tell them.
- Ndiggnation, on 10/21/2007, -0/+57And you ruined it.
- Zephir62, on 10/10/2007, -1/+57Yeah he's a level 7 christian-banger while you're still at level 1. I think you should listen up.
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -2/+57Ahhh The good ole days
- phy6uva, on 10/14/2007, -28/+83Added to list of punishable child abuses
1. Raising Children to be Obese
2. Encouraging Stupidity through children's television programming
3. Encouraging children to "behave" in school
4. Being a no talent Hollywood starlet who has kids because it is trendy and going to save your marriage
and now...
5. Raising children in the evangelical church - inactive, on 10/20/2007, -13/+68It's also in Romans, in the New Testament.
- TheTaoOfBill, on 10/20/2007, -9/+62Jesus never once mentions homosexuality. Not one single time.
- SuperCow1127, on 10/10/2007, -6/+55You don't grow out of Legos. Sorry. The Bible, maybe, but never Legos.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -33/+82THANK GOD my kid is an atheist
- fasda, on 10/10/2007, -2/+50I wouldn't advise that I asked Thor for help one time and lightning struck my dog.
- Divals, on 10/10/2007, -13/+60Richard Dawkins is right.
- frazw, on 10/10/2007, -11/+57Yeah they do it by starting wars
- Waterrat, on 10/10/2007, -3/+48 they bomb abortion clinics.
- Instaa, on 10/10/2007, -6/+48I think a daughter believing her dad is going to burn in hell because he doesn't believe in their mumbo jumbo is a pretty serious negative.
- knightboat, on 10/10/2007, -9/+51"A 13 year old girl who has entirely no right to think for her self in certain situations is ludacris."
So is that spelling of the word "ludicrous." - staplez, on 10/20/2007, -22/+64Actually Romans says god will punish you by giving you gay children. Not that being gay is wrong. Basically according to the bible, gay people are because their parents are bad. It's stupid.
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