What??????? You don't think it's resonable to have a couple 8 yr olds walking around on egg shells for fear they end up in that place down under?

>>It really shouldn't hurt anyone's feelings...unless they think there is some truth to >it. As I stated earlier, if you indicated that I was going to Hell b/c I didn't >believe like you, I would think you were wrong - but - my feelings would not be hurt >and I would not put you down for your beliefs.
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>it's not my feelings i worry about - it's my childrens'. They had a stand-in teacher at school one day who started spouting all your original sin stuff - miserable sinners, fallen from grace, rot in hell etc.
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>Before my kids were born i thought of religion as charming nonsense - but since they were born and we moved to Canada (away from Terry's brand of xianity and towards yours) i've come to think of it as poisonous and dangerous.
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>They are not miserable sinners, fallen from grace, in need of redemption ; they are perfect creatures full of fun and mischief with a life of unlimited potential ahead of them. I consider it my duty to keep them as far away from beliefs such as yours for as long as i can.
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>Nigel