So, how do you stop a 5 yr old from proselytizing?

[dolo amber]

A child in my daughter's kindergarten told her yesterday she needed to "Thank God for everything, everday...that's called praying." So then of course Ruby comes home all like "Who's God?" x(


(Ok, so calling it proselytizing might be a stretch...still... :eyes:)

So now I get to try and explain something I didn't want to have to get into until she was a little older and able to understand a little more where I'm coming from. Huzzah.

One side note...and I of course do not blame the child for this...I also have no idea why it surprises me in the least... On the first day of school, this child's mother wore a T-Shirt from a local seafood restaurant...to a kindergarten class...that read "Got Crabs?" :banghead:

[Arkana]

1. Tell your daughter to tell that little girl

that in her house, she and her parents eat human hearts and call forth Cthulhu(sp?).

That will shut up the little God Warrior.

[dolo amber]

6. ...

:spray:

I could just tell her to tell the kid we're Jewish...same diff, right? ;)

[Arkana]

7. Hee hee...or you could say you're Unitarian.

That's like a taser to those creeps.

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. Thank God every day for bad venereal parasite puns.

:patriot:

[Fenris]

10. Pubic lice are God's creatures, too.

I'll bet the mother prays every day to thank God for allowing His creation to infest her zone of temptation as a reminder of both her sin and God's love for her (which He shows through punishment).

:patriot:

[cfield]

3. ...

:rofl: :rofl:













Sorry, the irony never ceases to amaze me!!



:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MarianJack]

4. Our 5 Year Old Says Grace With Us,...

...but we've told him that in Public School they don't pray and he can skip Grace at lunch. This hasn't been a problem with us.

We raise our son to stand up for his rights, but not to ram his views down other's throats.

In all honesty, the way you wrote it, it sounds like an innocent 5 yo conversation. The child's mom sounds like she is, at best, inconsistent.

[Fenris]

5. It's a shame Nietzsche didn't write a children's book.

That's a tough situation to be in, though.

I had this book when I was a wee one and it helped me to understand:):

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0920668887/qid=1132066244/sr=1-36/ref=sr_1_36/002-5801634-9028821?v=glance&s=books

:hi:

[Arkana]

9. Nietzsche...or Sartre.

After I read Sartre's "No Exit", it reinforced my standing as an atheist greatly.

[dolo amber]

11. That looks interesting, but

I think the Nietzsche one would've been better. :D

[Fenris]

13. I have a Sartre comic book.

Would that help?:D

[malta blue]

8. My 6 year old had a similar situation, roles reversed...

She attends Catholic school and they pray before they eat, etc.

Her friend (does not go to the same school) told her that God did not exist, and my little one was very confused.

I explained to my daughter that not everyone believes in God, and that it was okay not to believe. I told her that people around the world made up stories about God (and whatever else they wanted to call it) to figure out the mysteries of the world. She is okay with that and told her friend that it's okay not to believe in god.

[eyesroll]

12. Tell Ruby Flying Spaghetti Monster stories.

That way, when you bring her to the neighborhood coffee shop for breakfast, she can tell everyone in the coffee shop that the artwork on the wall is a Flying Spaghetti Monster. "See...that's his noodly appendage!" (It is, actually, a very ugly wood painting that is somehow on sale for $1300.)

No, it won't stop the other kid, but at least Ruby will have a good comeback.

[dolo amber]

16. It's actually surprising Ruby hasn't

made up her own "god" at this point... :D

Although the Flying Spaghetti Monster would have a certain appeal to a 5 yr old...and it's as reasonable as anything else.

[eyesroll]

19. It certainly appeals to a three-year-old...

She ate spaghetti and VEGAN "meatballs" because it looked like the FSM.

Then again, she once threw a temper tantrum because her dad didn't have his iPod and therefore couldn't play "0408" by The Church on the car radio, so I'm not sure what appeals and what doesn't.

[LaraMN]

14. Aughhh! All you can really do is remind your child of your own beliefs,

I guess, and of the diversity of others' beliefs.

This summer, I was watching my son's baseball practice, when a group of boys from an older team wandered behind the bleachers. I turned around and looked, when I heard one of them quoting loudly from the bible, as though he were preaching to his friends. A quick scan of the vicinity yielded the boys parents, watching him with grins on their faces.

Maybe twenty minutes later, I heard someone on the field adjacent to ours screaming, "run, you faggot! run you fucking faggot!" Yeah, guess whose impeccable language choice that was...the mini preacher. I got SO mad, I trucked over to the field and yelled, "I'd appreciate it if the foul-mouthed boy screaming obscenities would stop. He's setting a horrible example for the younger kids." Wonder where he learned his hatred...:eyes:

[dolo amber]

18. Lovely

And yet, not at all shocking... x(

[Beware the Beast Man]

15. Tell her that lady in the attic is His mother.

And that that lady's son is crying because of something Ruby did. :D

[dolo amber]

17. Thank you, Mr. Handy

:P