7:13 PM — "But Jesus was a good person." I remember some kids I rode on the camp bus with for a few summers in early HS, and some other kids I rode the subway with during the school year. That's an age where we were exploring our religions, and those of our friends. I was (and still am) an agnotic atheist--I don't believe in God, but I don't think you can prove there isn't one. One of my atheist friends tried to deconvert a religious girl. Another one started crying when an agnostic friend and I asked her if she thought we were going to Hell. Even when I was in college, a friend expressed surprise that someone without a religious background could have morals.

That's such a strange and narrow-minded mindset to me... And yet, it's what they teach in Virginia public schools.  ¶ permalink | 0 musings