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Should atheists “lie” to their children because they need religion to avoid despair?

By Filings on Tue, 12/17/19
Christian Living
Atheism
Parenting
Nihilism

“I would argue that the secularization that the psychoanalyst and I would together lament is driven by just this sort of cultural means-to-an-end religion. If a generation believes that religion is just a substitute for something else—political power, national identity, social control, or even just shortcut parenting—they will not just abandon it, but resent it too.” - Russell Moore

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