Summer Camp Teaches Kids to Question Everything

by Finding Dulcinea    August 11, 2008

Posted by Lindsey Chapman to findingDulcinea

New York’s Camp Inquiry encourages youngsters to think twice about everything they believe, including religion and science.

Camp Inquiry is a traditional summer camp in many ways. Participants make crafts, swim and hike, but they also discuss issues of religion and faith. The premise of the camp is teaching kids to approach their world skeptically, and to think about their beliefs by applying sound reason.

Nathan Bupp says his organization, the Center for Inquiry, started Camp Inquiry three years ago. “Evangelicals have camps. Catholics have camps. So we believe there’s a need to have an alternative for students who are exploring other options out there.”

Many kids at the camp don’t attend church. Some are atheist or agnostic. The camp offers them a chance to discuss their faith, or the reason they don’t believe in faith. “As soon as someone mentions faith in an argument, the argument is over,” says 15-year-old Ryan Lee. “Faith and the scientific method can’t be combined in the same argument.”

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