From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sun Jun 01 2003 - 17:46:21 MDT
> Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> > Olga Bourlin wrote,
> >
> >>Certainly, I can understand why a 13-year-old would think that (most
> >>teenagers are prone to narcissism, anyway - it's probably even an
> >>important developmental step).
> >
> > Also remember that this boy is still in the formative stages gathering
> > input. He just finished his degree. He has been learning everything
given
> > to him. I have no doubt that he excelled in his learning of the Bible
and
> > church studies as well. He has not yet gotten to the stage where he is
> > questioning what he has learned or started producing new ideas to
replace
> > the old ideas yet. That comes with experience.
### There is something to it. Although nowhere as smart as the subject of
our discussion, I remember screaming and kicking not to go to church at age
7 (engaging in an actual physical contest with my mother who was trying to
bodily drag me to the Sunday mass), quitting catechism lessons at age 8, and
openly and publicly rejecting religion not long afterwards, but it was only
a bit later that my reasoning became more organized and refined than a
simple assertion of independence from my parents. Everybody has his own
schedule.
Rafal
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