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My 16 yr old son is about to become an Eagle Scout in a few months. One of his friends moms who is a hardcore christian conservative pulled my son aside to tell him he may have some trouble getting his Eagle due to his being Agnostic. I assured him its all semantics and as long as he identifies his good moral character and his "beliefs" that help guide him that this should be good enough without lying or conforming.
Im quite honestly very upset w this woman but my son, who is an old soul and can handle issues like that way better than I can, reasurred me that its people like her are the exact reason he wants nothing to do with religion.
He absolutely gets it that he cannot say he does or does not believe as it is a christian organization that he has worked on most of his life. He only recently became interested in politics and was able to name his beliefs and in red state Indiana he is the minority for those alone

Any advice for my son on how he should handle the religious aspect of his becoming and Eagle Scout?

SunnySmiles 6 Oct 9
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