re: #75 avanti

OK, kid says dad tells me the earth is 6000 years old to the teacher. The teacher can say I respect your dads faith, but in school we look at what the scientific method teaches us, but you are free to make up your own mind. You do not tell the kid she or her parents are “silly”.

Perhaps you don’t use that word, but assuming the kid is smart enough to understand and you are not in violation of some blasphemy law, then how does the situation actually differ from “silly” in the final analysis?