10 Lies Most Parents Tell Their Children
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There is a Santa Claus, but he'll only visit you if you're good.
The threat of Santa is enough to keep many kids' behavior in check all year long. Parents tell their children that they keep in contact with him throughout the year, so they better behave. This also applies to the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, and other made-up characters we tell our kids are real. When our children find out we've been lying to them, it can be devastating. It might even make them question everything you've ever told them throughout their childhood. Or maybe that's just me.
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This is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you.
How stupid of a statement is that, really, when you think about it? How could getting a shot at the doctor's office hurt you more than it hurts your child (physically, that is)? Sure, seeing your little one cry and get all upset over a shot, or being punished, having something taken away, can be emotionally gut-wrenching, but really, will it hurt you more than it hurts them? I think not.
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Mommy and Daddy are taking a nap.
Only those who are parents will understand the double entendre behind this little white lie. Yes, Mommy and Daddy are in the bedroom, but no, they're not really sleeping. When the bedroom door is closed, most children have been told, don't come in without knocking. What goes on behind closed doors doesn't have to be shared with the youngins, right? Of course, as kids get older they usually figure out why Mommy and Daddy's bedroom door is closed. By that time, the "ick" factor keeps them from barging in.
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If you tell me the truth, you won't get in trouble.
Almost every parent has probably told their child this lie. Yes, maybe telling the truth will get you in less trouble than if you don't tell the truth and it comes out later. But you're still getting in trouble, no matter what. When kids get old enough to figure this out, they become pretty consummate liars themselves.
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Eating your vegetables will make you grow up big and strong
We tell our kids all sorts of untruths to get them to eat their vegetables, fruits, and nutritious stuff. One of the classics is that eating spinach (or other vegetables) will make you grow up to be a big, strong man (or woman). Vegetables can only go so far, however. Genetics are going to play a huge role in how big and strong you will really grow up to be. Luckily the kids don't know this, or we'd never get them to eat any healthy foods!
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If you play with your privates too much, they'll drop off/you'll go blind.
Your parents want you to emulate the Seinfeld episode and become master of your own domain. I'm not sure if this lie is as common now with parents as it was way back when, but most parents would prefer that their little ones not sit around "discovering" their privates in public. And most parents also don't want to risk walking in on Johnny playing with his Johnson in his bedroom. So this lie is most likely still in widespread use.
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If you keep making that face, your face will stay that way.
"If you cross your eyes, they'll stay that way" is another lie related to this one. Parents use this one simply to get their kids to stop making wacky faces, or to get that surly, dejected look off their child's face. (Good luck with that one!) This is a lie that most savvy kids of this day and age probably won't believe.
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Mommy and/or Daddy never took illegal drugs/drank underage/had premarital sex.
In an attempt to make sure your own kids don't make some of the same mistakes you made in your teenage/young adult years, you probably have told them a few untruths about things you did or did not do. No, of course we didn't have premarital sex, that's wrong. You should wait till you're married. We never did any illegal drugs when we were your age. I didn't drink alcohol until I was 21, and only in moderation after that. This category of lies may be the biggest and most popular lie that parents tell their children most often.
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SpongeBob's not on this week/the TV is broken/our cable is out.
Unfortunately, most kids are technically smart enough to figure out that this one's not true, no matter how often and how vehemently you tell them that. In an attempt to have some peace and quiet, you might tell your kids their favorite show was canceled or just isn't on television anymore, that the cable is out, or that the satellite dish is broken. Then, your little techie will volunteer to fix it, and voila, SpongeBob once again rules the family room!
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The stork brought you to us.
"Where do babies come from?" or, even more difficult, "Where did I come from?" is a common question that young, prepubescent children ask their parents. Parents choose to answer this in a variety of way. The straightforward, honest approach would probably be best, but many parents still rely on folklore and legend to explain this phenomenon to their offspring. Depending upon the age of the child, he or she probably won't buy the stork metaphor, but I'm sure there are countless other creative and untrue ways to explain the birth process to your child.
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David11 Apr 10 at 06 59 amYeah, I ve told a few of these to my kids, but not most of them. With the veggies, I make a point of leveraging every sickness they get to get them to eat better. My youngest asks, "Why doesn t Daddy get as sick as we do?" Ah, it s the veggies. But we do tell them they need to drink their milk and eat their proteins to grow up with strong bones, to run faster, to do the monkey bars, etc. -
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Matt11 Apr 10 at 04 08 pm"Genetics are going to play a huge role in how big and strong you will really grow up to be." While somewhat true, if a kid drinks his milk and does his squats, he will be much bigger and stronger than the kids who don t. Growing boys and girls need a lot of calories, more protein than most people think is safe, and vegetables for their nutrients. Telling a kid its all his genetics is just giving him an excuse to not try.
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Effie11 Apr 10 at 04 11 pmDo people really still tell their kids that body parts will drop off from too much manipulation? Or that the stork brought them? Or say ridiculous things like, "This will hurt me more than it hurts you?" I ll continue to let my kids have Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, but the rest of this list sounds incredibly out of date and out of step with modern parenting.
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Effie11 Apr 10 at 04 14 pmOh, and vegetables -- telling kids that vegetables help them grow up to be strong is true enough. Having a healthy diet that includes fruit and vegetables certainly contributes to a stronger, healthier body.
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James11 Apr 10 at 04 16 pmWow, I ve never told my kid any of those lies and the truth is I didn t have a significant amount of alcohol until I was 25 years old and I haven t had any in the last four years, and I ve never done drugs nor smoked for that matter. As for premarital sex who cares. You left out two lies. One: That civilization s definition of "success" and "failure" is anything but a myth. And Two: That the conditional love most parents inflict upon their kids is all they deserve.
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Reality11 Apr 10 at 04 25 pmYou forgot "There is a God" and "A dead zombie jewish carpenter loves you".
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No God11 Apr 10 at 04 40 pmYou forgot the BIGGEST lies of all: THERE IS A GOD, THE BIBLE IS A GREAT BOOK, AND A GIRL 2000 YEARS AGO HAD A BABY NAMED JESUS WITHOUT EVER HAVING SEX THAT LATER WAS KILLED BUT CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD 3 DAYS LATER.
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Wait...11 Apr 10 at 04 48 pmso wait.. what you re telling me is, my parents aren t taking a nap right now? I ll go see what they re really up to
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jskiddjr11 Apr 10 at 04 48 pmYou know I m an atheist. But I don t make it a point to shive that into everyone else s face like some of these other posters. You make being an atheist as obnoxious as being a catholic. Grow up. Believe what you want, let others believe what they want.
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anon11 Apr 10 at 04 49 pmMost of my children are grown and the only lie I used on the list was 3.Mommy and Daddy are taking a nap. There are ways to explain things to children so we don t have to lie but I m not explaining that one!
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jskiddjr11 Apr 10 at 04 50 pmRead "The God Delusion"... it will teach you how to be an atheist and not be an arrogant prick in the process
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Vanessa11 Apr 10 at 05 14 pm@David:Unfortunately "Daddy doesn t get sick because he eats his vegetables" is probably more of a lie than "you ll grow up to be big and strong by eating vegetables". Daddy probably doesn t get sick as often because he s had a lot longer to build up his immune system to viruses. It could also be because he doesn t sit around sticking toys in his mouth that other friends and coworkers have recently had in their mouths.
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Mitch Graves11 Apr 10 at 05 20 pmWe N-E-V-E-R lied to our kids! Not ever! No Santa, they know I did and sold drugs. We did engage in deception a few times to keep vacation surprised or birthday surprises till the time of the event. And then we made certain it was discussed. Consequently our children tell us everything and we are able to help them avoid major errors that we made. They are all A students, musicians and, highly ranked athletes (5 US championships and numerous 2nd and 3rd between the 4 of them and more importantly, very very happy people. Honesty REALLY IS the best policy...
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Mitch Graves11 Apr 10 at 05 27 pmjskiddjr, Read *Evidence That Demands A Verdict* by Josh McDowell. (BTW I was raised as an atheist) It will teach you why it is foolish to choose to be an unbeliever. There is more evidence and solid verifiable proof for the Bible and the facts of CHRIST s life, and esp HIS resurrection than for any other historical even from that era. -----"Many men have fancied themselves intellectuals due to their IQ or expertise in various arenas of this life. However, a true intellectual is one who willingly gives up any belief as soon as he is presented with a better one. He refuses to allow any emotions to influence his reason and hold him captive to lesser ideas. Further, when any challenge is presented, he works to find the truth of it without prejudice so that he may possess that truth. History shows us innumerable examples of nearly every great mind, in a given field, denying and even suppressing a new truth that they refuse to honestly review. The arrogance and cowardice of the powerful and intelligent pseudo- intellectual has caused an almost incalculable amount of loss and suffering in nearly every field of human endeavor."
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jskiddjr11 Apr 10 at 05 33 pmMitch I m not asking to be preached to. Its the same story everytime. My point is that we, as atheists, really have no place to preach our beliefs (non beliefs if you will) to anyone. We get no extra brownie points for converting a believer. I m an atheist and I live my life happily. You re a believer and you live your life (I presume) happily. Why can t it just be left at that?
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Howard Brazee11 Apr 10 at 06 00 pmThese are funny stereotypes, that don t come up with most families I know. Sure most lie about Santa, but don t threaten his list.
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elisabeth11 Apr 10 at 06 20 pmThis article is about telling "White Lies" - telling your children that something is true when you KNOW it s not. Christians tell their children the truth about God and Christ because they believe it s true, not as a way to manipulate their children. As far as all those "white lies" go, we don t tell them to our children so that they trust what we tell them. As far as the "eat your veggies" one goes - genetics simply provide potential. It still boils down to nutrition. The Dutch will tell you that they know the age of a man who was a young child during WWII. That s b/c the Dutch were starving then and so those kids became very short men unlike young Dutch men today (generally quite tall). So, I don t think it s a white lie. Maybe needs clarification - eat your veggies and healthy food so you ll reach your potential.
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Andrew11 Apr 10 at 08 07 pmtruth?! Do you have some secret evidence you aren t sharing with the public? Otherwise you re exaggerate quite boldly. What you meant to say was "Christians tell their children fanciful stories about God and Christ because they accept these stories to be true utterly without any meaningful evidence except the words of people whose financial security, moral authority, and life s work DEPENDS on people buying what they are selling and to avoid the terrible soul-crushing fear of final death, not as a way to intentionally manipulate their children." There, FTFY
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houses in the philippines11 Apr 10 at 08 28 pmIf you tell me the truth, you won t get in trouble. In my personal experience, this should be number 1. And the children should know right away that this is a lie. Telling the truth will get you in trouble.
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Math11 Apr 10 at 10 58 pmEncouraging children to use their imagination is an important skill, but I personally agree that a lie is a lie. Sorry Santa.
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YES11 Apr 10 at 11 10 pm@Mitch Graves:Damn right! So many people think that they have to "protect" there children from the world, but the truth is, children that grow up feeling respected will respect in return...both their parents and themselves.
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Lauren12 Apr 10 at 05 55 amThis is a terrible article and it leads me to believe that the writer hasn't ever had a child or has no soul perhaps.
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Craig Miller12 Apr 10 at 07 51 amThis is a bit ridiculous, some of these are not entirely lies. You can tell your son he could play rugby and become the best athelete if that encourages him to do it.
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Martin12 Apr 10 at 10 34 amAll though parents lie to children I would say there is a good reason for this. At all times though the parent must never conflict with their intergrity and values. We must remain intergral to our believes and standards at all times. Surely this is in the interest of the children?
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Jeff12 Apr 10 at 12 50 pmWhat about the lies of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny? Huh? This effects children and their ability to deliver faith and trust. electronic cigarette
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Daniel12 Apr 10 at 11 52 pmThat s why I don t lie do my children ! The truth is always better when said correctly.
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Ron13 Apr 10 at 10 25 am@Effie:Yes they do still tell those "white Lies". I still here them and i am 60!
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Ron13 Apr 10 at 10 34 am@jskiddjr:I know you say you are an athiest, but how many times have you said, "oh my G-D" or a similiar phrase? I ll bet many! think about it.
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as13 Apr 10 at 11 02 am@jskiddjr:The God Delusion was written by the king of the arrogant pricks. I m an atheist, but Dawkins sometimes makes me want to hurl.
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tasmanian devil14 Apr 10 at 06 59 pmJesus is not a myth like Santa. Jesus actually did live, preached and was crucified. It s the whole Son of God crap that is a lie. I ve read that Jesus never claimed his devinity but it was later added by the apostles/ Gospels and by the Emperor Constantine and his roman chums. Where would we be if this never happened. Flying in spaceships and living hundreds of years probably.
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Splint Chesthair15 Apr 10 at 09 56 am@YES:You sound boring and your kids sound like the type with no personality, no offense.
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Nicholas25 Apr 10 at 12 27 pm@nate:Yeah, all the atheist parents lie saying God and Jesus are fake. You`d think they`d have compassion enough to give their children a chance.
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kellmondo25 Apr 10 at 01 01 pm@Kell:please, this post is offensive. I never told my children that Santa didn`t exist, and eventually they figured it out on their own. When my oldest child was ten, she calmly asked me if it was okay if she didn`t believe in Santa anymore. I told her that was fine, and that was that. We have a loving, healthy relationship. As for the `lies` about Jesus, that hurts me. I have told my children the story of Jesus and we are devout Methodists. However they understand that God`s and Jesus` teachings are to be taken metaphorically and not literally. For example, the story of Jesus tells us that while one can follow all of God`s `rules`, the actions mean nothing if not done with love. Therefore the message is: do what you think is right, and do it with the utmost respect for others. That is all I wanted to say.
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Christian28 Apr 10 at 09 35 pm@No God:Is that honestly necessary? Spread your athiesm somewhere else. Or nowhere else. Either one works.
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J19 May 10 at 03 24 pm
Err...I don't know. I'm celibate and plan on being so until I get married. Now that's all fine and good, but I would like to tell my children that, but the odds that they'll believe me seem astronomically small...of course I guess believing that I'm black and act as non-black as I do is hard to believe as well...hey, I guess as long as I know the truth...but I sure wouldn't mind my own kids believing me...even if it is a common lie.
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Tim25 May 10 at 07 31 pm@jskiddjr:
And personally, you should read 'The God Reality' it is a response to 'The God Delusion' written by Richard Dawkins. Once you read it, you'll see that Richard Dawkins jumps from one or two completely unrelated factors, includes a lot of faith and unprovable assumptions and somehow comes up with 'facts' that disprove God's existence.
I can't read anything written by Richard Darwkins anymore because it requires such overwhelming leaps in logic.
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Tim25 May 10 at 07 36 pm@jskiddjr:
And my apologies for spelling Richard Dawkins wrong in the last sentence. Please don't assume that my accidental misspelling indicates that I am stupid or ignorant.
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Some Guy15 Jun 10 at 01 34 pm@Reality:
johnf said "@No God i was thinking the same thing" just bc ur athiest that doesn't mean u should shout it out.
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Wow15 Jun 10 at 02 02 pm@No God:
I like how you make it sound like your so smart! Yet your not. I could argue about this with u if you wanted. But im not going to.
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bobbyloo20 Jun 10 at 10 42 am
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Jillian20 Jun 10 at 03 31 pm
Hmm, here's another one!!
*Slaps/spanks child* "This is for your own good!!! You'll never learn otherwise!!"
Ask Social Services about this one. It just might get your child put in a better home!
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Mary20 Jun 10 at 04 41 pm
my didnt tell me the stork brought me... she sat me down and old me EXACTLY where babies come from =D
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sumbodee20 Jun 10 at 05 22 pm@Mitch Graves:
wow, you've grown your children into arrogent pricks, congrats. they probably bully and harass other people behind your back and act like angels with your around. or there just nerds who always act like bitches because there so smart. people like you are just killing the next genration.
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Anonymous21 Jun 10 at 10 45 am
Um, I've walked into my parents taking a nap several times before..and they were really napping...so there are some true ones, but most of these are false, sorry to break it to you...
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Ally Mills22 Jun 10 at 11 28 am@Mitch Graves:
my Bible teacher LOVES that book, it's very interesting. shes read part of it to my Bible class (I go to a CHRISTian school) Josh McDowell is a very good writer, and his life story is amazing. It was very smart to bring him into this and I just wanted to thank you for being mature about the situation. God Bless.
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Vladimir24 Jun 10 at 08 40 pm
It's interesting that they put Santa Claus as number one, because there is one much more popular, and just a fictional. And that is god.
I bet they will find a missing first page of the Bible in the future that reads like this:
All characters in this book are fictional, and relation ship to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.
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Vladimir24 Jun 10 at 08 42 pm@Some Guy:
There is of a no god, but there is a flying spaghetti monster!
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kjlkjf27 Jun 10 at 11 50 pm
my parents always told me that they bought me at walmart. they said my brother came from a stork. he even as a birthmark that looks like a beak picked him up on the back of his head and on his butt. my mom told me that, i never looked. haha.
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Dave23 Aug 10 at 07 02 amI've known some people who were deeply traumatized by the fact that Santa is a lie, and strongly believe the lie should not be propagated because they see it as incredibly damaging, but I've never understood that. I dunno, maybe it was because when I found out, I was at that age where I was kind of cynical and it wasn't cool to believe in things like that anyway, but I just never understood why it would be so hard to get over. It's not like learning that Santa isn't real means you no longer get presents or anything.
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Me, Myself and I03 Sep 10 at 11 19 pmSeriously, I wish this didn't turn into somewhere for all the athiests to be total jerks to everyone who believes in God or Jesus or the Bible. Really, that is just as annoying as religious people are to you, so maybe we could all believe what we want and let others believe what they want and not be rude idiots to each other. Also, I think it's funny that all the athiests posted about people "lying to their children " about god and jesus and the bible,but not any other religion, like buddhism or anything. Just sayin.
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Falcon04 Sep 10 at 03 03 pmActually, us atheists can now gloat all we want, since the existence of a god has been disproved. Also, people who tell their kids that god exists should be hanged or burned like "witches" used to be. Maybe, in a better future, that will be reality :D
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Lizzi<305 Sep 10 at 07 12 pm@Falcon:well i agree with you in a way. i am christian, but a relaxed one, i have no prejuduce against atheists, it's your choice, but i do get annoyed when athesists act like pricks, like a few people on this page. i mean really people, NO ONE CARES! and falcon, that will happen in the future, because of the antichrist, BUT when its over, EVERYONE who believes that will BURN IN HELL. have fun asswipe.
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Falcon05 Sep 10 at 11 27 pm@Lizzi<3:Well, actually, since logic, reason and scientific and technological innovations are on my side, if for some reason someone should burn, it's you. If you believe in a god, there's no reason for you to live. There is no heaven, there is no hell, so I don't need to worry about anything. You should try it some time, it's quite uplifting to know that you don't need to bow down to anyone or anything.
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Squibler20 Sep 10 at 09 35 am@Falcon:
When did they prove that God doesn't exist?! The last I heard there was a $250,000 reward being offered to anyone who could provide even 1 single piece of evidence for evolution. Maybe it's just me, but it sounds like they are having a rough time if that's what it's come to. If you know of any proof I would love to hear it! I can't find anything...
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David McManigle19 Nov 10 at 11 05 am@Andrew:
Oh, there is a greater fear than soul crushing final death. Just ask all of the people (if you could) that have been persecuted or are being persecuted at this very moment. I am sure that they would welcome death as a beautiful escape from their torment and misery. That is, if they were unbelievers in a resurrected Savior. Now, you have the rest of your life to figure that out...
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NineTailedFox08 Dec 10 at 05 00 pm@Mitch Graves:Even if god does exist, why does it have to be your god? I am a Pagan, and there are others like me that have met Anubis, Baphomet, Ares, Freyja, Kali, Eris, Horus and many other old gods and goddesses. Take your book and shove it, please.
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NineTailedFox08 Dec 10 at 05 00 pm@Mitch Graves:Even if god does exist, why does it have to be your god? I am a Pagan, and there are others like me that have met Anubis, Baphomet, Ares, Freyja, Kali, Eris, Horus and many other old gods and goddesses. Take your book and shove it, please.
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NineTailedFox08 Dec 10 at 05 00 pm@Mitch Graves:Even if god does exist, why does it have to be your god? I am a Pagan, and there are others like me that have met Anubis, Baphomet, Ares, Freyja, Kali, Eris, Horus and many other old gods and goddesses. Take your book and shove it, please.
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NineTailedFox08 Dec 10 at 05 01 pm@Mitch Graves:@Mitch Graves Even if god does exist, why does it have to be your god? I am a Pagan, and there are others like me that have met Anubis, Baphomet, Ares, Freyja, Kali, Eris, Horus and many other old gods and goddesses. Take your book and shove it, please.
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Eener17 Jul 11 at 01 09 am@houses in the philippines:I say this to my son and I mean it, and so did my parents. I want him to be honest with me as I was with my parents. When I was 8, I broke something and cleaned up the mess. My stepmom asked me to tell her the truth or I'd get in trouble for lying. I told her that I had been playing with the ball and it knocked the lamp over. I was told to take it outside. I realize I maybe the exception, but I do truly believe that parents should stick by it.
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What15 Aug 11 at 11 20 pmNot to mention religion. Parents will brainwash and censor their children, then explain to them only certain things so they may react a certain way to certain stimuli. Okay, fine fine, their religion is the "true religion". Sure, whatever. Even so, would it be fair to hear the truth from one point of view? Would it not be right to let them think freely in the philosophy and spirituality department, so that they may become themselves, and not conformed to one doctrine or belief system? Probably, but parents think otherwise. But why, you might ask? Because they don't look at themselves to begin with. They say "I want this" and have a kid. As if children are products. When we buy something from a store we consider quality, price and location. We dont have to look at our personality in order to buy a gallon of milk, we just buy the one we want. What next? Possibly some parenting classes, a couple of books, or none of the above. If they are ready to have a kid, are financially stable, and love kids, they still aren't ready to really be a parent until they realize who THEY are.
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tattletale22 Aug 11 at 04 14 pmhey liars. i'm a kid. and i found THIS now i can tell all my friends about the lies you tell us, and expose you guys as liars and fakes. yeah thnx for the santa claus ploy! that makes me feel real hardy inside ass holes!
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Michael Muryn12 Sep 11 at 12 54 amWhat I hate is when parents think their kids are stupid. Authority and influent people sometime do the same [error] in adult life. Unfortunately that may even encourage a lot of people to stay stupid. That is also why, for example, we heard comments and justifications like "at 12 years old that kid is not smart enough to take this kind of decision, is too naive, is just a kid, etc.". After 12 years, you should have learn a lot! We love excuses. However, you will still learn when you get older too. That is life. You forgot to mention that a lot of people lie to control, parents included, and not always with the best intention of the world. I also heard from adults the "you will understand when you will grow up" or "it is an adult things[, you will understand later]", translate that to "I don't want to tell you". ;-) Can be cute, but can also be abused. The lies about Santa, Easter Bunny, etc. are in my book a "good game", and that would fall into the "jokes" category or something similar. When you play a joke on someone, you sometime have to act and often technically lie, but I don't find these kind of lies as bad as the other one. If you take drugs, alcohol, have sex, kill people, etc. your kids will probably find out sooner or later. :-) As for vegetable or anything, scaring someone so he acts is probably a good way to do a negative association with the things/activities/etc. and to encourage people to stay dumb (even "adults" with their almost automatic association of legal/illegal and right/wrong are deficient, it works to control most people though!) I encourage people to educate with truth, rather than making people feel bad because he does not do it. He can then take an educated decision, and if he prefer what you refer to as the "dark side", then it is his decision, he might even be right about it. A parallel with religion, you have probably heard stuff like "if you don't believe, you will go to hell". ;-) My parents never told me to not play with my privates (or I just forgot), that might explain a lot of problems I have had later. All this said, when I analyze around, no matter the age, people are not so different as what I noticed when I was kid with other kids. They just changed their words, habits, etc. to make it look "more adults". Still we can easily notice the same attitude. Analyze around you and you will notice it too. :-)
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Smokeless Cigarette15 Sep 11 at 11 18 pmlol so true, I think the Santa thing is the most used lies. I've been told a lot of times.
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Jacob22 Sep 11 at 10 29 pmThe article is really good. There are more lies that you can add. It has been an eye opener to me. I have a presentation on lies and lying and have shared the same to students in my university. Great work.
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Its true24 Sep 11 at 10 23 pmIts true idotic parents lie to there children becouse there keeping them to away from the worlds that beholds when grow up i am not a parents but im a aunt and im trying to show him the world is not so glamours show your dam kids the world god or there going to get beat up for "belive in your god he will always portect you" Ya keep saying that next min you know you get robbed where was your dam god Yes i understand the world is dagourse and you want your little one to be safe.It good to have rules but too many rules may have your kids regret you and starts drugs drinking ect...
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mary henderson27 Sep 11 at 02 25 amomg, what are yous talking about, yous are sooo sad to acctually belive in the crap!! stupid idiots!
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miada28 Sep 11 at 04 10 pmWhy do I think that the comments section turned into a religious battle?
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Heidi String17 Oct 11 at 07 17 am@Nicholas:There are some very bad parents in this world and there are some terrible behaviors from religious communities around the world... sometimes. This makes people react in different ways. God has shows himself to those that seek him. They normally need no other proof. That is why it is called Faith. Faith has to be passed down by generations or it is forgotten. If our creator was proven to everyone, wouldn't it be called proof, and not faith? By the way, Darwin's theory seems to be loved by non believers; However, is not scientifically proven with fossils. It seems they have hope (an expectation) in some man made theory and not in The Creator. Interesting that one calls another person a liar, when the one is looking and studying in only one direction.
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Noonie18 Oct 11 at 08 18 am@No God:There is a god at the end you will see you will cry to go back to world and you should bliv trust me
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Marvin Q. Sanner19 Oct 11 at 01 13 pmThe "this is going to hurt me more than it's going to hurt you" thing is actually true with some parents. I should know because I'm an pediatrician. These parents that I'm talking about can literally freak out when their little one is getting an injection. I've had some faint dead on the spot and have urged others to leave the examination room for fear of a total meltdown! I'm a parent too and can understand their apprehensions, but I think this is going WAY too far.
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Kevin Ghimire25 Oct 11 at 06 02 pmI love how athiest continue to troll disregarding the fact that you opion ient exactly changing anyones beliefs. Now im not stating that anyones religion is better, simply that everyone has there own beliefs and i find it highly illogical and prejudice for you to persecute and convict anyone about spreading lies about god. Everyone is entitled to there own belief and that right is unalienable. So if you dont approve of anothers religion, keep it to yourself. Im 13 so im not quite sure what i believe but regardless, trolls need to hop off our nuts. Be mature, grow a pair.
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jkakabs30 Oct 11 at 06 58 pm@Mitch Graves:Mitch so does that mean you tell your kids that you are having sex and your wife is licking your Dick
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ja03 Nov 11 at 08 06 pm@No God:You are very sad, as God made you and the whole world, then sent HIS only begotten son to die for your sins, who rose again and sits at the right hand of God to one day come again to judge the living and the dead!!!!
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ja03 Nov 11 at 08 06 pm@No God:You are very sad, as God made you and the whole world, then sent HIS only begotten son to die for your sins, who rose again and sits at the right hand of God to one day come again to judge the living and the dead!!!!
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Susan04 Nov 11 at 07 27 am@Andrew:WOW. You talking about God and the Bible and who profits from what, is like my 4 year old talking about astrophysics. It's ok of you don't want to believe in something just because you don't know anything about it, but please don't try to preach facts about something you obviously know nothing about!
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Brooke21 Nov 11 at 01 01 pmThis post was so funny and true! I never thought telling kids about Santa was smart, even though my parents told me that. It gets really awkward when teenagers my age talk about him and I just have to nod along stupidly. And I'm an agnostic, but I think it's fine for people to teach their kids their religion! I don't think they're bad people who should burn or anything like that. Let's face it. There are jerk Christians AND jerk atheists, and jerks of all religions. But anyway, this was a really funny post, LOL!
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Brooke21 Nov 11 at 01 07 pmP. S Let's all stop preaching. Christians, atheists, everyone. It's offensive and we're making fools of ourselves. I'm thirteen and was a Christian once. My parents aren't bad people for teaching me that, and aren't even since they're now agnostics. Deal with eacchother. @_@
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Brooke21 Nov 11 at 01 08 pmP. S Let's all stop preaching. Christians, atheists, everyone. It's offensive and we're making fools of ourselves. I'm thirteen and was a Christian once. My parents aren't bad people for teaching me that, and aren't even since they're now agnostics. Deal with eacchother. @_@
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BAZINGA!13 Dec 11 at 12 45 pmAll of you catholic, protestant, muslim, jewish, whatever the hell religion are completely and utterly crazy! you're trying to force religion on those who don't want it! stop telling us that God/Allah/Vishnu/Ganesh/Jehova whatever exists! SHEESH!! If we don't want to believe, we don't want to believe. It's as simple as that. "Religion" tells you to treat others as would yourself or something along those lines. So why do you flip the whole concept on its head? This is what religion is to me: "Believe what I say or I'll hurt you". yeah, very peace-loving. Pricks.
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hogan16 Dec 11 at 11 23 pmMentre il 1920 e il 1930 si avvicinava, queste aziende ha aggiunto trazione, e anche iniziato a commercializzare loro per diversi sport. Le vendite sneaker 1950 negli Stati Uniti, salito a 600 milioni di paia l'anno nel 1957, che ha portato i responsabili scarpa in pelle di affermare che "scarpe da ginnastica sono un male per i piedi dei bambini", alla quale i produttori sneaker risposto "scarpe da ginnastica curare la sindrome dei piedi inibito.
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kaya alwi09 Jan 12 at 10 45 am@No God:everyone has their own beliefs about this life and the world. who created it and if there is God. I advise you to open your eyes a little wider and you might realize that what you think is totally out of question. if God didnt exsist tell me who created YOU?! tell me who could create the planets? have the sun rise every morning. NO HUMAN being could. if you think that it just happened to be that this earth and everything was ready when you came and when everyone else millions of years ago think again. I am telling you this because its the job of a muslim to try and help others believe in what really is the truth. I stand proud to be a muslim. and someday when I die God may bless me accoring to how I lived this life. Take the time to read the quran and maybe you will see the difference. There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger. Peace be with you and may God help you find the way.
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Izzy27 Jan 12 at 09 04 amMy parents will not trust me with anything, there is a safe in our house and when I asked them what the code was I thought that they would tell me without hesitating, but of course my Mom just said that it wasn%u2019t %u201Cappropite%u201D for me to know, I asked her why and she just said that we will talk about it some other time. And of course, that other time will be never. Why doesn%u2019t she just tell me, I am her daugter, I thought that we trusted each other with evrything, but once agian I thought wrong. Another thing is that we had some friends over for dinner and suddenly my Mom and a few other people started laghing, I asked my Mom what she was laghing about and she just said %u201CIt%u2019s a grown-up joke. I thought that she loved me with all my heart and would never say anything like that to me, a few months ago she told me everything and she said that there were no secrets kept from us kids and her, so why won%u2019t she tell me? It%u2019s not that I really want to know the password for the safe. My problem is that I feel she doesn%u2019t tell me everything anymore. There have been no events that have occourd to make her lose my trust. So why won%u2019t she tell me?
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CaraLuhsYou30 Jan 12 at 07 29 pmi think that at least 7 of these, my parents have used on me when i was little.
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Katinka30 Jan 12 at 08 57 pmHeard most of them as a child. Not the stork one. I was also told they bought me in a supermarket. Not a lie, I hope, was my mums answer when I asked if I was adopted (lot of friends was) "No, not yet!" ;)
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