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Atheists & Agnostics

DetlefK

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5. Maybe if schools focused less on materialism...

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 04:12 AM

Aug 2015

Tell the kids about philosophy, about the models of the human mind that exist. Tell them about the greek philosophers, about Confucius...

Get the kid to think about its mind and discover it and become self-aware and form its own opinions before some cult comes along with
"You have been lied to the entire time! This is the truth!"

Oh, who am I kidding. There already is a cult in school who tells kids "This is the ultimate truth!"

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