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	Camp offers 'godless alternative'

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7-28-2009 5:24 PM

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summer camp, children, religious, creative thinking, scientific method, co-operation, tolerance, empathy

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7-29-2009 5:01 PM

jay8h

Good place for godless people to go.

8-1-2009 9:30 AM

AcesLucky

Teaching children "how" to think, instead of "what" to think. Excellent idea. Critical thinking should be taught young, before someone brainwashes them.

8-1-2009 12:01 PM

jay8h

Uh, I think they are being brainwashed by withholding the teachings of God from them. I wonder what you atheist are afraid of? Is it like "homophobia" except it is "Godophobia"?

8-1-2009 4:24 PM

AcesLucky

No teachings of any god are being withheld. Like I said, "how" to think, not what to think.

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