I’m raising my kids atheist in a God-obsessed culture: How I learned to parent godless children — salon.com

“Goddammit!” “God bless you!” “For God’s sake!” “God forbid!” My children have heard me take “the Lord’s name in vain.” These expressions slip out as easily as expletives and are part of my vernacular, even though I don’t believe in God. I’m not a hater (at least not anymore). I’m an atheist. My daughters know I’m the tooth fairy; they have no use for Santa Claus; and would consider the Bible a collection of boring, inaccessible stories (at worst) or fables on par with Greek and Roman mythology (at best).

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