On 2018-12-02 5:38 p.m., wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 15:44:55 -0700, graham > wrote:
>
>> On 2018-12-02 3:17 p.m., wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 14:53:03 -0700, graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2018-12-02 2:22 p.m., Bruce wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 12:40:54 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 2:28:34 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 14:20:09 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 12/2/2018 12:54 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 11:39:08 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sure, most of us have some sort of talent that we excel at. We have to
>>>>>>>>>> remember though, on balance there are things we really can't do well at
>>>>>>>>>> all.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If you do excel at some particular task, the best way to get
>>>>>>>>>> satisfaction from it is not to brag, but to use it to help someone that
>>>>>>>>>> will benefit from your use of it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Having read this, I won't have to go to church next Sunday.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I use that rule and skip every Sunday.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can't remember the last time I saw the inside of a church.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For me, my father-in-law's funeral in June 2016.
>>>>>
>>>>> For me, also a funeral. In the early 90s.
>>>>>
>>>> For me just funerals and those are nearly always in crematorium chapels.
>>>> I sit at the back and don't take part in the mumbo-jumbo.
>>>
>>> It's so long ago I can't remember lol Most of the funeral parlours
>>> here have added on a room for 'celebration of life' ceremonies. They
>>> said most people who died now are not affiliated with a church and
>>> can't see having a funeral at one.
>>>
>> https://researchco.ca/2018/11/28/canada-creationism/
>> I'm surprised that the it's on 66%. Still, it's better than down south.
>
> I don't think most people I know hold strongly about either, they just
> don't believe in god anymore. Being atheists we carefully avoided
> influencing our kids but I suppose we did ultimately. We never took
> them to church so they never had a call to make, plus religion was not
> being taught in their schools.
>
We brought up our sons to think critically and to reject superstition.
They went to a public school but I found out that one of their teachers
was having them recite the lord's prayer. I contacted the school board
and put a stop to that. My sons have since thanked me for not filling
their heads with religious claptrap.