Teaching children the scriptures (particularly the New Testament) is a failsafe defense against deception if they choose to obey the Gospel for themselves. Even if they don't, God's WORD never returns void.
There is a reason why persecution first arose against the scriptures and those who view them as the final authority one thousand years and 7 centuries ago and continues to this day, namely by the institutional church that comes in the Name of Jesus and deceives many.
Amy, I hope you will speak about the importance of parents rigorously teaching their kids critical thinking skills before preschool: before and while the kids are in the care of others who may be i doctrinating the kids or even mentioning this nonsense to kids. Including in daycare.
I was raised by atheists parents. Both were atheists before they had me.
They both knew from their own childhood experiences that as soon as my brother or I reached preschool or kindergarten, in the early 1960s, that the adults and the other kids would pushing religious nonsense at us, and kids would apply peer pressure and bullying to try to manipulate us into believing the nonsense.
So every might at the dinner table, from age 3 onward, we were taught about to dissect recognize the endless illogic of religions. We were asked lots of questions, and urged to think through our answers.
We were taught how to resist peer preasure and to not cave into it in order to be liked or to fit in: that it was ok to think differently than others around us. To not be manipulated by whether people liked us based on whether we agreed with them. And to know that it’s ok to not have lots of friends, or even at times, to have no friends, but to stand our ground for what is logical and accurate, not make-believe, just to be liked. And to know that eventually we would find people who shared our perspectives and critical thinking skills if we stuck with logic. People with whom we could have honest and challenging conversations.
Please talk about this. In this talk or future ones. It gave me the courage to stand up for what I recognized to be true, in the face of peer pressure. It enabled me not to just hold one particular view but to think through my views on anything, and be able to change my mind when I thought of or encountered better facts or reasoning.
This gave me the confidence to question many things,, including of my parent's and teacher's and other kid's views.
It enabled me to call b.s. on “sex changes" in the mid-1970s, and on a male tennis player being allowed to play women's pro tennis.
As a result, I've been questioning and rejecting sex-denialism since 1976.
That's what training in critical thinking about one topic, i.e. religion, will prepare you for critically thinking about other topics.
It protects you from being manipulated and tricked into other nonsensical beliefs, as well.
A library in California. I'm surprised in a good way
Yes, amazing Amy was able to get a library to hold her talk. Great job, Amy.
And in California, as you said!
Teaching children the scriptures (particularly the New Testament) is a failsafe defense against deception if they choose to obey the Gospel for themselves. Even if they don't, God's WORD never returns void.
There is a reason why persecution first arose against the scriptures and those who view them as the final authority one thousand years and 7 centuries ago and continues to this day, namely by the institutional church that comes in the Name of Jesus and deceives many.
How to sign up for? Didn’t see it on website. 😊
Amy, I hope you will speak about the importance of parents rigorously teaching their kids critical thinking skills before preschool: before and while the kids are in the care of others who may be i doctrinating the kids or even mentioning this nonsense to kids. Including in daycare.
I was raised by atheists parents. Both were atheists before they had me.
They both knew from their own childhood experiences that as soon as my brother or I reached preschool or kindergarten, in the early 1960s, that the adults and the other kids would pushing religious nonsense at us, and kids would apply peer pressure and bullying to try to manipulate us into believing the nonsense.
So every might at the dinner table, from age 3 onward, we were taught about to dissect recognize the endless illogic of religions. We were asked lots of questions, and urged to think through our answers.
We were taught how to resist peer preasure and to not cave into it in order to be liked or to fit in: that it was ok to think differently than others around us. To not be manipulated by whether people liked us based on whether we agreed with them. And to know that it’s ok to not have lots of friends, or even at times, to have no friends, but to stand our ground for what is logical and accurate, not make-believe, just to be liked. And to know that eventually we would find people who shared our perspectives and critical thinking skills if we stuck with logic. People with whom we could have honest and challenging conversations.
Please talk about this. In this talk or future ones. It gave me the courage to stand up for what I recognized to be true, in the face of peer pressure. It enabled me not to just hold one particular view but to think through my views on anything, and be able to change my mind when I thought of or encountered better facts or reasoning.
This gave me the confidence to question many things,, including of my parent's and teacher's and other kid's views.
It enabled me to call b.s. on “sex changes" in the mid-1970s, and on a male tennis player being allowed to play women's pro tennis.
As a result, I've been questioning and rejecting sex-denialism since 1976.
That's what training in critical thinking about one topic, i.e. religion, will prepare you for critically thinking about other topics.
It protects you from being manipulated and tricked into other nonsensical beliefs, as well.
Thanks for your work, Amy!