Terry Pratchett works, though. I can’t really see a kid ever getting religion after that.
I would agree in principle—Pratchett’s work is a remarkably good illustration of what the world would look like if supernaturalist thinking made a scrap of sense—except that the most enthusiastic Pratchett fan I ever met was (unfortunately for me) also a devout theist.
I think I have ceased to be surprised at the ability of intelligent people to compartmentalize.
My parents also read Pratchett. My little brother did too. You’d just have to get the Pratchett books before you got religion, and then, I think, it would act as a pretty powerful vaccine. At least it seems like it ought to...
I would agree in principle—Pratchett’s work is a remarkably good illustration of what the world would look like if supernaturalist thinking made a scrap of sense—except that the most enthusiastic Pratchett fan I ever met was (unfortunately for me) also a devout theist.
I think I have ceased to be surprised at the ability of intelligent people to compartmentalize.
My parents also read Pratchett. My little brother did too. You’d just have to get the Pratchett books before you got religion, and then, I think, it would act as a pretty powerful vaccine. At least it seems like it ought to...