{"id":5097,"date":"2008-04-10T14:18:08","date_gmt":"2008-04-10T14:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/04\/its-dangerous-for-our-children.html"},"modified":"2008-04-10T14:18:08","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T14:18:08","slug":"its-dangerous-for-our-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/04\/its-dangerous-for-our-children.html","title":{"rendered":"“It\u2019s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The atheist blogs are upset over the remarks<\/a> that Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) made at a recent Illinois General Assembly to atheist Rob Sherman and who can blame them:<\/p>\n

Davis: I don\u2019t know what you have against God, but some of us don\u2019t have much against him. We look forward to him and his blessings. And it\u2019s really a tragedy \u2014 it\u2019s tragic \u2014 when a person who is engaged in anything related to God, they want to fight. They want to fight prayer in school.
\nI don\u2019t see you (Sherman) fighting guns in school. You know?
\nI\u2019m trying to understand the philosophy that you want to spread in the state of Illinois. This is the Land of Lincoln. This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God, where people believe in protecting their children.\u2026 What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous, it\u2019s dangerous\u2013
\nSherman: What\u2019s dangerous, ma\u2019am?
\nDavis: It\u2019s dangerous to the progression of this state. And it\u2019s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Illinois may be filled with people who believe in God but there are probably quite a few who do not and they have just as much right to representation as those who believe in God. We live in a nation founded on the belief that man is endowed by his Creator with certain rights and even when man rejects the Creator and refuses to acknowledges him, it doesn’t mean that he has lost his rights. They have been acknowledged by our constitution. This woman may not like these views but her position doesn’t give her the right to suppress them.
\nAnd if she wants to hide children from atheism, she’s too late. Secular humanism is pervasive in our schools and society. It’s already being taught to our kids.
\nWhat’s more dangerous to our kids is trying to keep them from understanding atheism and its arguments against God. Not preparing to engage in debate and to just think that we can ignore it and hope they never meet a persuasive atheist is a gamble I don’t think that we should take. There are responses to the arguments atheists make and making sure your children have heard them prepares them for what they are about to face in today’s pluralistic society (I recommend Keller’s book<\/a> to understand the questions and for equipping you and your child to answer them).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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