Flicka Mawa has left a new comment on your post "Hypocrisy!":
I am sorry to read that you don't believe in god yet you want your daughter to fear going to hell so she will behave well. You need to have more confidence in human nature. God and religion are not the only things that make humans act in a civil manner, which you should know first hand if you don't believe in god yourself. I do understand, however, that if you were raised with a strict religion, you may attribute some of your own beliefs to that. As one who has always been an atheist, I can confirm that you can raise your daughter to be extremely ethical and caring without needing religion. In fact, there's a new book out on just that, which I just started reading myself. It's called Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion. Please, please consider that you do not need to teach your daughter about god for her to be a moral and ethical child.
On another note, having just read your post from nearly a year ago where you said you were vying for laziest grad student on academic secret, and in this one you say you are seen as star student and poster child for having a family and doing research, it sounds like you managed the career part just fine. ;-)
Posted by Flicka Mawa to academicsecret at 6/13/2007 9:11 PM
