Atheists. Its time to turn the spotlight on you.

[Bored Tomatoe]

I'm atheistic. Not in the sense that I oppose religion, but more in the sense that I don't think it's very likely for there to be a deity, and if there is, I could really care less. If I ever have kids, I'll just let them decide for themselves, and not have religion be a big deal.

 

[Jurassic Rob]

People raise their children as they themsleves were raised. Remember, God is a very good way of controlling your children as is Santa. Use them until they are old enough to grow out of it.

 

[Cakes]

As to the topic at hand those are some silly questions. Also its not like most christians bring their children to church these days so why should any one else be going?

Ha, this man speaks the truth. I only remember attending mass...a handful of times my entire childhood. I did communion for some reason, then we just sort of never went again. I guess the idea was to just get the important stuff (baptism, Eucharist) done quick so we'd never have to go again. I guess with those two you're practically guaranteed salvation, right?

 

[Connosaurus Rex]

I'd raise my child catholic but I would not mind if they turned out agnostic or atheist
OK maybe a little.

 

[The_Healer]

Oh this looks like a fun thread... especially since i aspire to being Atheism's poster boy.

Do Atheist parents have the right to force Atheism on their children?
Let me read that again... To force Atheism on a child they would have to believe in a God first? Please revise this question.

How many of you will raise your child not to believe in a god?
ME! I'll give them lots of fun answers for their teachers. Eg. "My Daddy says that people who believe in God are stuuupid"

How many of you will raise your child with knowledge of God? (Without making fun of it while you teach it.)
Confused. Atheist = No god? So... see my last answer.

How many of you will take your children to church?
Nup. I wouldn't do that to them.

How many of you will raise your children to make their own decision, like you had?
Hahaha my parents are pretty much Atheist. Go them.

How many think that your child will be Atheist?
Yup. There will be no choice.

Let's be honest. No matter what you do, your child will almost certainly be Athist. Because thats the house hold they grew up in. So did you think you forced it on them?
Yup... Hi 5 for me.

 

[Pimppeter2]

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Florida.
I might just not be remembering properly, though.

Doubt it, but it's possible, considering the ways I've compromised my memory in the past.

Who knows. It could have just been in the school or area.

 

[eels05]

Which God is the OP refering to?

 

[Craig FTW]

My kids will be raised in a Catholic household, sure. But I won't force the ideas on them. If they want to choose another religion (or atheism), I'll be disappointed, but won't hold it against them.

I feel the same way, I'm a Catholic basically, I'm in the confirmation classes. My mom is pretty devout so I feel awkward if I don't want to continue with them..
But I'm open to most religions(the ones I'm not I probably don't know of) but my child can be atheist, I'd rather they have any type of belief but it's their choice.

 

[ArcWinter]

Atheists - Yes, what? I am in fact multiple atheist humanoids.

Do Atheist parents have the right to force Atheism on their children? - No. Again, that is mind rape.

How many of you will raise your child not to belive in a god? - Raise a child and religion do not mix.

How many of you will raise your child with knowledge of God? (Without making fun of it while you teach it.) What counts as mockery? - Yes, any child of mine will have full information and choice.

How many of you will take your children to church? - NO THAT CRAP IS BORING

How many of you will raise your children to make their own decision, like you had? - Well, I know I am.

How many think that your child will be Atheist? - I hope my child does not take a religious label, but instead ignores the whole damn matter.

Let's be honest. No matter what you do, your child will almost certainly be Atheist. Because that's the house hold they grew up in. So did you think you forced it on them? - See above question.

*Btw, I do hate Religious threads, but Im kinda pissd at the one sidedness of that other thread* - What other thread?


Okay, well, screw this. Due to the recent influx of religious discussions on The Escapist, I am no longer an atheist, I in fact have created my own religion, FTS (F**k That Shite) wherein we don't care about religion at all. That solution should solve the world.

 

[Azraellod]

i don't plan on having children.

if i were to though, i would not give them any influences on religion. i would tell them about religions if asked, but i would make no attempt at all to influence their opinion on it.

i was semi-forced into religion at a young age. my mother is christian and my father is atheist though, so it was confusing at that age.

 

[VincentX3]

I dont believe in god, I just find it retarted that everyone praises something ritten on an old book that could have been writen by a crazy guy\child, yet no one has proof of.

*sigh*....

As for the rest of the questions, maybe i'll answer them another time.
to dam tired now x[

 

[Yubadias]

Just because you brought them into the world that doesn't mean you own them. A lot of people don't seem to realize that children aren't supposed to be clones of their gender's respective parent.

I personally am an atheist, but consider myself agnostic. The only thing that affects me here is that God cannot be proven. He cannot be disproven, but science is based on fact, and I'm a person who lives heavily on science.

I don't have a problem with religion, but I do have a problem with people trying to make everyone else believe their's. Prop 8 (California) is a fine example. Who the hell cares if gay's marry? How on Earth does it affect you? People who believe that being gay is 'wrong' seem to think that a person who has murdered the president and 600,000 civilians, not to mention stealing $340,000 has more of a right to marry than a gay person who has never thought of committing a crime. I hate people who put down others based on their religion, and anybody who does deserves to be taken outside and flogged with baseball bats.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Which God is the OP refering to?

Christian, Jewish, and muslim god.

 

[Pimppeter2]

I dont believe in god, I just find it retarted that everyone praises something ritten on an old book that could have been writen by a crazy guy\child, yet no one has proof of.

*sigh*....

As for the rest of the questions, maybe i'll answer them another time.
to dam tired now x[

Thanks for the contribution. You really helped the thread. I mean we certainly didn't have enough mockery of religion before you came around.

Come on bro, that was uncalled for.

 

[Taerdin]

I in fact have created my own religion, FTS (F**k That Shite) wherein we don't care about religion at all. That solution should solve the world.

Winner! I'm an apathetic Christian/agnostic, can I join?

Seriously discussions about religion on forums are nearly pointless, and on a gaming forum even moreso. Now if you wanted to discuss religion in relation to games... maybe... >.>

 

[ArcWinter]

I in fact have created my own religion, FTS (F**k That Shite) wherein we don't care about religion at all. That solution should solve the world.

Winner! I'm an apathetic Christian/agnostic, can I join?

Seriously discussions about religion on forums are nearly pointless, and on a gaming forum even moreso. Now if you wanted to discuss religion in relation to games... maybe... >.>

Sure, anyone can join. In fact, we should get this thing up and running, print T-shirts, have posters describing the difference between us and nihilists... ha

 

[Kriptonite]

Its a child, it cannot choose its own religion. Stop saying that. It can when its a teen, but how many 5 year old converts do you know?

As someone who said, let the kid decide, what I meant was when they are older. When they are younger what I will do is not tell them that I am an Atheist. I will present Atheism and well I'm not sure which other religion, there are so many. Probably just a few like catholic christian and like protestant. But I will give them the choice. Whatever they like they can choose. If they want to go to church, I shall take the little bugger.

 

[Simalacrum]

Do Atheist parents have the right to force Atheism on their children?

How many of you will raise your child not to belive in a god?

How many of you will raise your child with knowledge of God? (Without making fun of it while you teach it.)

How many of you will take your children to church?

How many of you will raise your children to make their own decission, like you had?

How many think that your child will be Atheist?

No, Atheist parents do not have the right to force Atheism on their children. But at the same time they do not have the right to force religion on them.

I hope to raise my child (if I ever have one) to question everything. I will tell her/him my opinion, but not enstate it as fact.

I will tell them about the belief in a God, and describe the culture, belief etc to the best of my knowledge.

As I said, I want my children to decide for themselves what they believe in. If they wish to join a religion, I will not stop them, nor discourage them. However at the same time I will not encourage them either; I intend to stay neutral, giving advice only when it comes to how to set about any given path.

Despite this, he/she would probably become atheist, due to my own beliefs. If I tell them my opinion, then as a father figure I have a feeling they will (at first, at least) take it in as fact. That, unfortunately, cannot be helped. (I'd hope for them to become agnostic)

My father is officially Christian, but never attends church, etc. My mother is atheist. with both me and my sister, they let us decide whether we wanted to believe in that sort of stuff. My dad teach's me any elements of religion or other cultures (or, well, anything for that matter) to the best of his abilities, but only if I ask.

 

[Pastafarianist]

I grew up with Catholicism. I went to Mass until I was 11. I went to a sort of "Sunday School". I even go to Catholic School now. I converted to Pastafarianism last year. I really have a disdain for the religion.

I look back on it. What did Mass teach me? Nothing. What did "Sunday School" teach me? Nothing. What has Catholic School taught me? Well... nothing about how to be a decent person. I learned how to be a decent person through personal growth not through fairy tales. If there's a Christian in the crowd and got offended by that, they should really screw off. If a book is going to tell me how to change myself, then I've become part of a group of people I hate.