Today, I decided to hop on my parent page that monitors my daughter's New Moon life. I was reading the profiles of all her chat friends when I stumbled across something that made me think. And wonder.
So of course I bring it to you to ponder as well.
A 10 year old girl, in her opening line of introduction on her profile, declares herself an atheist.
What is the world like for a 10 year old atheist?
I wouldn't know. At 10, I was busy asking Jesus into my heart every night and then writing it down in a journal to make sure I would know an exact time and place. As if upon death I would be asked to provide some sort of written proof at the pearly gates. (Yeah, if anyone convinces my kids that they need to know the exact time and place they asked Jesus into their heart to get to heaven - I will punch that person in the face. Really.)
There is a lot of ground in between those two extremes. Which I can't help but think is a good thing...
You know what I think is a good thing? That you have a daughter who doesn't decide she can't chat with an atheist.
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