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Parenting

PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. The people who think you will only be good if you believe

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 02:47 PM

Feb 2019

you'll be punished if caught, seem to go out of their way not to be good. And try very hard not to get caught. Whereas those not raised with that belief often behave well simply because it's the right thing to do.

Makes you wonder.

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Raising Children Without the Concept of Sin [View all] elleng Feb 2019 OP

The people who think you will only be good if you believe PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #1

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