Camp Quest incoherence
Last Sunday my pastor was talking about a camp for kids called Camp Quest. I did a little research (camp-quest.org) and read that “children of freethinking parents” will be able to better experience their free thought at this camp.
I found this fascinating, especially considering the lengths to which atheists go to emphasize the point that parents who try to influence their childrens’ opinions of God and religion are hypercontrolling freaks. Parents who try to persuade their children not to look at any kind of religion, on the other hand, are well within their rights, apparently. Inconsistent, much?
Atheism is not advanced as a belief in anything, really, except perhaps the basic goodness of man. Nature abhors a vacuum and I think children of “freethinking” parents may be better able to recognize this than their predecessors.
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you ever read Francis Schaeffer? “How Should We Then Live?” is a super book that talks a lot about (at least in the first part) of the effects of humanism on society. That atheist idea you say that advances the basic goodness of man. Fascinating read.
Hope you’re doing well. Its been a while. Miss your posts.
J
James - August 13, 2009 at 1:52 am
Side note, I wonder how much business that place gets. One heckofa marketing campaign, eh? Poisoned the well (hoping the kids don’t drink from it as much as the parents…
[meaning that anyone who doesn't send their kids there is obviously not "free-thinking" and no one wants to be labeled that, so ... "Honey, pack the kids' suitcases!" (sucker)]
James - August 13, 2009 at 2:01 am