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Originally Posted by Pico and ME
Yup. Me too. Unless, she was referring to this with the 'he'll get his in the end' .
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Actually I misread that to say "he'll
get it in the end" i.e. once he has sold out and betrayed his beliefs, coasted along in the comfort zone for a few decades, he'll realize that playing it safe was the right choice. This would be the 'put a gun in your mouth' moment, if it had said what I read it as.
What it actually says, I'm not sure I understand. He'll get his what--his own grandson bothering him with radical ideas in 40 years?
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Originally Posted by DanaC
Funny, my Brother went the other way. he was an atheist from being a teenager, but when he had kids he became much more militant in his atheism. It all mattered much more.
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This. In the narrative we are referring to, once marriage is considered--I don't understand how entering into the most vital and central contract of your life would seem to be a great opportunity to make what you know to be an incorrect decision, and for all the wrong reasons. I understand this 1000% less when considering raising children. The only lasting effect you're likely to ever have on human culture and it prompts you to make a completely fear-based decision--play it safe instead of taking a stand for anything you've ever considered to be important. This is cowardly!
This bothers me intensely because I feel that the narrative laid out here is quite commonly accepted by many basically good people.