So, what would your reaction be if a week long summer camp was run by the American Atheists?

Question

Imagine it was at your local community center. They went through the neighborhood and invited the kids to come and hang out during the day for a week. There would be a lot of fun activities and songs and nifty things for the kids to do (maybe a magician or a clown with balloon animals). All the workers were volunteers and had a criminal background check. It would be free of course.

And, at the end of every day someone would get up and tell the kids there was no god and the belief in god was just a silly superstition.

I wasn't supporting the idea. There was a flyer on our door last night for a summer camp put on by a church.

Answer 1

I was onboard until you said there would be a clown.

Answer 2

confident i could enable my infants (properly newborn I in easy terms have a son precise now) to attend an Atheist run summer camp. My in easy terms subject could be if the camp became telling the youngsters that faith is stupid etc. or putting down people who've a non secular faith, comparable as i could have subject with a Christian camp coaching my newborn that different people who do no longer have confidence in Christianity are stupid etc.

Answer 3

While I agree that there's no god, freedom of religion is necessary for a free society and no such indoctrination is tolerable. If people leave the kids alone, they'll probably work out that there's no god when they grow up, and if they do decide to follow a religion that's their choice to make and should be respected as long as they aren't hurting anyone.

Answer 4

Aren't double standards repellent?

How would the United White Collage Found or the National Association of White Persons go over.

Answer 5

Sounds wonderful to me...with the exception of the last part.

I think it would be better to explore the concept of a God and teach children to use a fair degree of logic and thier own opinions as to what they believe.

So maybe it doesnt have to be an Atheist Camp but maybe a "Free Thinkers Camp"

But I wonder since it would indeed be a part of community service would we get any funding for it?

Answer 6

This is what doesn't make sense about your idea.
Vacation BIBLE schools, are pretty upfront about letting you know they'll be talking about Christianity. You make it sound like you're hiding something and throwing the idea of atheisim at the end. VBSs are not hiding anything. And wouldn't a good parent know who is sponsering what? And what the curriculum would be? Don't like it, don't attend.

Answer 7

Big whoop! NO big deal, any more than it is when churches hold their "daily vacation Bible schools." The kids who want to go, go, and have a good time. They could do the same with equally-well-meaning atheists.

More power to 'em! No problem!

Answer 8

There is one....Wiki "Camp Quest". It sounds awesome. Read down to the disproving of the camp's "invisible unicorn" activity.

Answer 9

i'm not cool with either one....why does summer camp have to be perverted by religious or non-religious beliefs. (or marching band or weight loss for that matter) whatever happened to just plain old fun?

Answer 10

My reaction would be; why not make it two weeks long, or even three? It might take that long to clear their heads of the religious hokus-pokus that they are subjected to the other 50 weeks of the year.

Answer 11

I would of course decline. The same I do with other faiths Vacation Bible Schools. Politely of course.