(Conversation at a pizza joint…)
What is the ____ religion?
-Well, it’s ____, and ____, but I’m not an expert, so you might want to look it up and read about it some…
Yeah. So: “Fear what you don’t know.”
-Huh?
Well, that’s what everybody else does…
(I know I’m not objective, but my kid sure does ask incisive questions. He calls ’em as he sees ’em. We may be talking about this one for a while…)
leslee hare 
~reaf…afre…efar… :) ~
:D
Incisive observation too – ‘that’s what everybody else does’.
Yes, the only thing that made me squirm a little was, that seemed to be a rationale for deciding how to regard it… hmmmm. 15 is a very confusing age.
I’m sure you disabused him of the idea that the majority is always right. Fifteen is confusing to be and to behold. I arrived in Australia from England at about that age and I was most disgruntled.
Yes, you may. That’s not a one or two word answer to that statement, is it?
No, it’s not! And he spouts those out without a second thought! The kid has no idea how unusual his POV is… :)