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Old 12-22-2005, 02:25 PM
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Default Re: What do atheist teach their children

Depends what you mean by "Catholic values." If you mean basic morality, people have that without religion or belief in a god, and in other religions. That is because our values are there for other reasons, real reasons, and precede religion and are not dependent on religion. When religions were invented those basic values were put in because they were there already. OTOH, superstions and guilt about things like sex can come from the religion. But a basic "don't murder, steal, hurt people" code is there anyway and can be taught, and IMO taught better without the religious overlay.
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