now that summer is upon us, i know those of you who are parents are looking for activities for your children. if you are able to afford it, do not forget about "camp quest". a friend of mine, in my local atheist group, is sending her daughter this summer. as many of you know, many summer camps have a religious orientation: boy and girl scouts, ymca and ywca, etc. this camp is specifically for young people who are atheist, humanist, agnostic or the children of those individuals. just something i wanted to pass along.
Neat,never heard of it.. good to now for future reference. Eugene - i doubt highly there would be any brainwashing and forcing children to protest -lie "jesus camp" . LOL- How would that even work??? "hi children, welcome to agnostic camp... here we will teach you that you must believe,not to believe, god or gods may or may not be, we aren't sure.. NOW assimilate, BELIEVE us and be unsure what you believe"
It seems that Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller fame) is one of the many sponsors of this camp, I can see kids walking around yelling BULL SH*T all the time LOL.... just kidding. INfo on the Ohio Camp (and others locations) can be found here. http://ohio.camp-quest.org/index.php?content=info On the surface it seems like a good program for kids not being raised with religion. It seems to keep their minds active in the sciences and just plain ole recreational fun. They do discuss religions of the world briefly during some meal times, the Ohio staff has a PhD in world religions on board that will answer generic questions the kids might have about various religions of the world. I'm not convinced that athiests need a group of sorts to live an atheistic life style (what ever that means) and without further knowledge of this camp, I reserve judgement on its mission. At best, its a place where parents can spend $525 for one child to go to camp for one week and feel comfortable about not having their kids indoctrinated into any one religion and inspiring free thought and the ability to choose for themselves.
