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Originally Posted by irishgrl
You're lucky...you dont have the Fundies taking over 
I really wanted my son to get the basics of woodscraft and social skills, and I think the Scouts do an excellent job of that. If it werent for the emphasis on the other, I would go ahead and sign him up.
The nice thing is, I spoke with my son's dad (and if you know anything about our history you know that I dont do that willingly) and he surprised me by supporting my decision!  |
He agreed? Wow!
What about one of those other organizations you mentioned? They could be just as good. Or, he could fake the religion part. But I understand not wanting to do that. It's just pretty much what I did as a kid. We went to church sometimes but I was agnostic.
Now I am more spiritual but I had to come upon that myself since I had no guidance from my parents, in that regard and many others unfortunately. In hindsight though, I am glad I didn't do girlscouts if that was in it because I did feel incomfortable with the word "God" as a kid, very uncomfortable. Not so much anymore though. It definitely should be worded as "God of your understanding" or something like that. Friggin' fundies.
I love Canada, ey!