tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691740.post8807315493229182724..comments2023-05-30T04:14:47.315-07:00Comments on Exiled In Toyland: Living in a godless house ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691740.post-87314103250228219472007-03-31T15:54:00.000-07:002007-03-31T15:54:00.000-07:00yep, nice work on the Mother Nature bit. both in ...yep, nice work on the Mother Nature bit. both in terms of quick thinking, and offering a personification she can get her mind around.<BR/><BR/>this subject is one of the ones i dread most as O gets bigger...i have no interest in raising him within a faith, though the concept of a Supreme Being bothers me a great deal less than it does his dad. the grandparents are respectively, left-wingish Protestant and very dogmatic (my mom), atheist (my dad/stepmom), devout Catholic (inlaws), and then dh's only sibling converted to Judaism so the only cousins are Orthodox Jews. kind of a fun mixed bag, but wow...what a mess if you get them all talking. lots of room to explain to a toddler that there are many perspectives, but also lots of room for the tears you describe. <BR/><BR/>i think maybe i'll just steal your Mother Nature plan and see how long that carries us.Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403701620708365171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691740.post-7221187147805632392007-03-31T15:48:00.000-07:002007-03-31T15:48:00.000-07:00good work there. mother nature is a very fine prot...good work there. mother nature is a very fine proto deity - and on so many levels. quite inspired, actuallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691740.post-55974372976910243562007-03-31T06:22:00.000-07:002007-03-31T06:22:00.000-07:00i think the true test of your own beliefs begins w...i think the true test of your own beliefs begins when your children arrive...most of us dont really care till then...the mad mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535453643548976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691740.post-17122918734434940892007-03-29T14:23:00.000-07:002007-03-29T14:23:00.000-07:00This has to be a difficult talk to have with a chi...This has to be a difficult talk to have with a child. When I was a kid, my parents used Mother Nature to explain rain after I came home from school wondering why my teacher thought G-d was crying.<BR/><BR/>I think you dealt with this situation very well. It's difficult to explain science and even more difficult to explain the complexities of religion. You did well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691740.post-42473788383818377372007-03-25T17:05:00.000-07:002007-03-25T17:05:00.000-07:00It was good to read what you had previewed for me ...It was good to read what you had previewed for me on Friday!<BR/><BR/>I think you did wonderfully here. She clearly needed to have the source of spring personified, so Mother Nature was perfect!<BR/><BR/>My sister, who is at least an agnostic, if not an atheist, has a 19-year-old who has decided she wants to convert to Orthodox Judaism. My sister is not Jewish. <BR/><BR/>You just never know.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.com