A Parent's Gift To A Child: Speaking of God
Parental conversations about something as fundamental as what to teach children about God should be held before marriage, especially if one or more of the parents have strong religious views.
Parental conversations about something as fundamental as what to teach children about God should be held before marriage, especially if one or more of the parents have strong religious views.
There is a simplistic view that the Europeans who first came to America’s shores yearned for a society with religious freedom. In fact, many brought their bitter prejudices with them from the Old World. Like a child groping in the dark, the young colonies felt their way through their earliest years amid strident religious disagreements as they sought to define what kind of societies they would be, and what place religion would play in them.
No more important question could be asked, whether at Christmas or at any other time of year. It is the Question of Questions, the answer to which has the power to transform and exalt even the most wretched of lives.
A few weeks ago there was a well-publicized debate between Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins. Dawkins is the controversial author of the God Delusionand an avowed atheist. Collins, a scientist and committed Christian, is Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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