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Discussion: Religion and your kids
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Originally posted by wolfaire
I will teach them with mainly Christianity since I believe in Jesus, but I will also tell them how all beliefs (atheism included) are not perfect, and therefore they need to tailor their own belief and moral values. I will not get mad if they decide to be atheist, buddhist, muslim, creating their own belief system, or whatever.
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Depends on who my man is.
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I'm born Christian, but I'm pretty much an atheist.  So I won't drag my kids to churches, ask them to pray and make them believe anything. I do celebrate holidays like Christmas and Easter tho, so that's as religious as my kids would get. But that's like family gatherings were we eat too much, nothing spiritual about it. 
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My mom tried it when we (my sis and me) were kids but for a few days then gave up
Even though I'm an atheist I would support my child if he believes, however he manages to have faith cause ch
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Originally posted by Haus
They'll be raised without it.
If children weren't raised with parents forcing a religion on them and it was a decision they made as they grew up, we would have many more atheists in this world.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Quote:
Originally posted by wolfaire
I will teach them with mainly Christianity since I believe in Jesus, but I will also tell them how all beliefs (atheism included) are not perfect, and therefore they need to tailor their own belief and moral values. I will not get mad if they decide to be atheist, buddhist, muslim, creating their own belief system, or whatever.
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This is really good. If I were going to have kids, something like this is what I would follow. More people should be like this.
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It's tough being an atheist. I want them to believe in whatever feels right to them, but I also don't want them to feel bad if they become cute little Christians and have to bear the burden of thinking at least one parent is going to hell for not believing. I guess I'd just emphasize that everyone has a different belief system (or lack thereof), but we all know how often that stops many Christians. Oh well, I'll cross that one when I come to it.
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Yes. They will learn the ways of Buddhism. 
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Quote:
Originally posted by wolfaire
I will teach them with mainly Christianity since I believe in Jesus, but I will also tell them how all beliefs (atheism included) are not perfect, and therefore they need to tailor their own belief and moral values. I will not get mad if they decide to be atheist, buddhist, muslim, creating their own belief system, or whatever.
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Tbh 
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I'll start them off with it but they'll have the freedom to choose later on.
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Well, I'm a Christian, so I'll be taking them to church when they're young but if they want to have a different religion that's perfectly fine with me
Whatever they want to do tbh 
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I wouldn't raise them to follow any religion. However, I wouldn't stop them if they discovered religion on their own just as long as they treated everyone with kindness and respect and didn't promote their beliefs to everyone.
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I doubt I'll ever have children, but if I did, I wouldn't force anything on them. I was technically raised Christian but my mom never really cared what I thought, which I really appreciate. Meanwhile my grandmother is SUPER religious and always shoved it down my throat growing up, and I hated it. Well she still does force it down my throat, she has no idea that I'm not religious, but I tolerate just for her because she would literally have a heart attack if she knew  She has a really ****** heart and I'm not trying to kill her 
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I'll wait for them to become older, so they can decide it by themselves.
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I'm taking their little asses to church and Sunday school. If they grow up and choose some "other path", then I've ****ed up something serious.
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I'll raise them with Christian teachings and ethics, but I'll make them understand from day one that they can make any decision concerning their beliefs and opinions they want. They'll be heavily introduced to Christ, I'll make certain of that. they can just develop their own beliefs separate from mine as well.
The best path to God is one you take yourself, not one others put you on.
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Quote:
Originally posted by wolfaire
I will teach them with mainly Christianity since I believe in Jesus, but I will also tell them how all beliefs (atheism included) are not perfect, and therefore they need to tailor their own belief and moral values. I will not get mad if they decide to be atheist, buddhist, muslim, creating their own belief system, or whatever.
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This exactly
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Yes, they will be baptized, have a First Communion, etc.They will not be forced to believe anything.
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That's actually one of my pet peeves, regardless of who my spouse is my children will NOT be raised with either of our beliefs imposed upon them, neither my atheism nor whatever my partner's religious beliefs are. I really do agree with Dawkins that religion(rather, religious indoctrination) is a form of child abuse. Even if it's done in a very light way, a lot of people have a hard time shaking that indoctrination if they seek to down the line, and I really don't think that's fair. Ideally our beliefs won't be brought up at all until they are mature enough to ask (probably early teens), at which point I will simply tell them what I believe without stating it as fact or implying that it is inherently more valid than any other belief... at least until they are informed enough to debate these things.
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