• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    My daughter has been an outspoken atheist since she was six years old since she told her grandmother, “grandma, when I stay over at your house on the weekends, I don’t want to go to church with you, because I don’t really believe in god.” And none of it has been at my prompting in any way. I haven’t been quiet to her about what I personally think, but I also have made it very clear to her that other people think other things and it’s up to her to figure out what she believes. She’s still an atheist at 13. She’s far too shy to open such a club. If my shitty private elementary school existed now and I knew about those clubs by the time I was in fifth or sixth grade, I would have formed one because I wasn’t shy. You do not give kids enough credit.

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      So you’re agreeing that the kids probably didn’t start an after school Satanists club by themselves?

      The article says that it’s elementary school, so we’re not talking about 13 year olds. These kids are much younger.

      I’m glad to hear that your daughter is living her truth.

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          You said that your daughter didn’t start a special interest group because she was shy. Similarly, 8 or 9 year old kids probably didn’t seek out the local chapter of the Satanists. Someone told them to do this.

          I don’t think that any religion should be doing that.

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            Got it. You didn’t read my entire post. I’ll help you out:

            If my shitty private elementary school existed now and I knew about those clubs by the time I was in fifth or sixth grade, I would have formed one because I wasn’t shy.

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                  I did read it. Just because I disagree with you doesn’t mean that I’m illiterate or unintelligent.

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                    You didn’t disagree with me. Your question showed an ignorance of what I said.

                    Me: “If my shitty private elementary school existed now and I knew about those clubs by the time I was in fifth or sixth grade”

                    You: “How would you have known about the Satanists when you were in fifth grade?”

                    I literally said I didn’t know about the clubs. I also wouldn’t know about TST because they were founded in 2012 and, believe it or not, I’m not 12 years old.

                    So since you really need an answer to your silly question, I wouldn’t have known about The Satanic Temple or the After School Satan Club when I was in fifth grade because I wasn’t in fifth grade last year.