14 Things We Want Parents To Know

paraphrased from an alt.pagan post by Rick "Twisted", 11/16/95

  1. Giving your children freedom of thought will make them happier.
  2. Religion is not the be-all, end-all of knowledge. There are still things that nobody knows.
  3. Sex is not sinful.
  4. Religious leaders do not have a little white phone in which they can call God and get his opinion on things.
  5. A person’s sexual preference does not affect the outcome in the afterlife. Nor does skin color, gender, handedness, or any other natural factor of your body. It is your ACTIONS that count.
  6. People are not inherently evil.
  7. YOU are responsible for the raising of your children. Your children are not the product of television, movies, MTV, or "bad influences" unless you LET them.
  8. YOU are responsible for YOUR actions. "The devil" did not make you do it.
  9. People can disagree and not hate each other. People can be of different nationalities without one nation being "the good guys" and the other being "the bad guys".
  10. Women are not the source of all temptation (see #8 above).
  11. Magic exists and is a tool like any other; it can be used for purposes both good and ill. It is not "evil".
  12. No conspiracy exists with the purpose of "perverting" or "brainwashing" your children.
  13. Children are young and inexperienced. They are not stupid.
  14. Jesus Christ did not put any caveats into "Live thy neighbor as thyself".