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Old Apr 22, 2008, 11:41 am   #48 (permalink) (top)
Jack
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I'm not sure they could tell the difference between a coma and clinically dead.
Um, yeah, I'm reasonably sure we have the means to determine that. If you're suggesting that Jesus was in a coma, that would undermine most of Christianity's basic beliefs.

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And to prevent them from asking questions such as "did aliens seed the earth?" you'd have to teach them to accept only answerable scientific questions as valid and reject anything not measurable or testable.
We don't treat science like a religion. If a child were to ask that of me, I'd ask back if they could find any evidence to support the idea. Let them explore and discover. They'll come to their own conclusion. If they look for answers within reality, they'll come up with real answers. BTW-that works for adults, too.


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