My kids will be able to think whatever they want, they just better not expect me to go to Church. I honestly don't care if people believe in God/s or not, as long as they don't try to use their common beliefs to manipulate people even knowing that the cause they believe in has no actual root in religion. I'm looking at you 99% of all leaders that have ever existed.
[HEADING=2]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?[/HEADING]
This is honestly the best decision, period. I will not force my kid into atheism or religion. If he/she comes home one day and asks me if god exists, I will say, "maybe, it's up to you to find out if he exists for yourself."
Do Atheist parents have the right to force Atheism on their children? : no they shouldn't let everyone pick whatever religion or lack there of they want to
How many of you will raise your child not to belive in a god? : I dont intend on having kids but I'd tell them both sides of the story
How many of you will raise your child with knowledge of God? (Without making fun of it while you teach it.) : without making fun of it? damn that would be hard so no
How many of you will take your children to church? no if they want to go to church they would need to find someone else to get them there and back while I sleep
How many of you will raise your children to make their own decission, like you had? : yes
How many think that your child will be Atheist? : hopefully but I wouldn't mind if they wern't
If I have kids they can make up their own minds about sparkle dragons, however I WILL hardwire in to them the point of keeping church and state SEPARATE.
I'm actually getting quite sick of this. Atheism is not an organised religion. Religion is just choosing what to believe and what not to believe. Atheism is a religion, and it's a damn hypocritical one at that.
I'm gonna let my kids choose, but I'm going to introduce them to the cold, hard realities of logic and fact last, because I want my kids to be kids, and cold cynic isn't that.
Atheism is not a religion just as a hole in the ground is not a lake. Lack of belief in a deity = no religion. Lack of water in a hole = no lake.
If you believe otherwise then my bike is a motorcycle even though it lacks an engine, my paycheck is sizeable even though it lacks a decent wage, and my sex life is wild even though it lacks frequent partners.
EDIT: Ninja'd. Damn you, Cakes! I thought you were a lie.
No, no, no! Atheism is not a religion. It is the belief that there is no god. Did you ever consider the atheist religions, like Buddhism? And please don't say that Buddha is a god, he is not a god. There are other religions that have no overarching supreme being that can still be considered religions.
Also, to answer the questions, yes it is possible to raise a religious child if one is an atheist. It requires being a spiritual atheist, but it can be done. What I do with my daughter is answer her questions. "I believe..." or "some people believe..." that sort of thing, and I certainly don't tell her not to believe anything or not to ask questions of others. She doesn't live in a vaccuum, right? She believes in heaven, even though I don't. If she really wanted to go to church, I would find an open minded adult to take her. I wouldn't want to go myself. So far she'd rather sleep in on Sunday morning.
I feel I need to reiterate this point just in case I've made it too subtly: She is capable of making her own choices. My daughter is in the process of defining her beliefs. She won't ever be finished with it most likely.
I am a Lutheran, and my family is Lutheran. Thankfully my family isn't too devout. I was babtized, but I didin't have to go to church if I didn't want to. I believe in God, and I also believe in science and evolution.
I will raise my kids (if I ever have any) to be good, caring people. I will teach them about religion, but not force them into one. I will tell them religions are basically morals and rules people live by so they can better themselves. If they wish to follow a particular religion, I will support them 100%.
No. Parents don't have the right to force any religion-or lack there of- on their children. It has nothing to do with the fact that I don't beleive in any gods, it's not fair to the children. They should be taught about what other people think, and left to find their own religion or choose atheism.
Im not sure if i will have the heart to explain my bleak views on death if my 5 year old were to ask me.
Im not sure if a child would see the beauty in mortality, you would just frighten them.
As I said during said thread (okay, I'll stop with the rhyming), we should stop the religious threads because they seem to bring out the worst in people and tend to generate a lot of hatred toward other peoples and cultures. Let people believe in what they want to should they choose to believe in anything.
"Inspired" by the Right of parents to force their religion on their children thread. I feel its time to turn the tables.
Try answering the question.
Atheists
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?
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?
*Btw, I do hate Religious threads, but Im kinda pissd at the one sidedness of that other thread*
Since people appear to be blind, or have never been children.
[HEADING=2]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?[/HEADING]
I grew up in a traditionally Greek Orthodox family. Going to church semi regularly. I was never really that devout. My mother was, so I would go to church with her to please her. I started questioning around the age of 12 and a little bit lower. Today, I still call myself Christian, but my feelings about religion can be sumerised by "there could be". I don't buy into many things the church says. Like the wrongness of homosexuallity and the "sort of" denial of evolution. I belive their might be a god, but my opinion wavers twords oneside or the other constantly. The reason I do belive in god is because of all the great things I have recived through prayer. Like my brother being diagnosed with somethin curable rather than fatal, which I know is just medicin but I am still thankfull for. Latly, my opinion has been more "who cares". I belive in being a good person on earth, and belive that if their is a god I will be rewarded for being a good person, not for being devout.
Anyway, thats a ramble on me.
Do Atheist parents have the right to force Atheism on their children?
No but I still think a majority of their kids will be Atheists, because they grew up in a Atheist household. I will raise my children to be good people. My wife can make them religious.
How many of you will raise your child not to belive in a god?
As above
How many of you will raise your child with knowledge of God? (Without making fun of it while you teach it.)
I will teach my child the concept of god. To help him make his decission.
How many of you will take your children to church?
Not frequently. My wife can take them more
How many of you will raise your children to make their own decission, like you had?
I will raise them Christian. But focus on being a good person over just belief. Then they can choose
How many think that your child will be Atheist?
Maybe, the world is a ever growing frightening place. If its hard for me to stay devout. it will probably be harder for them.
I really don't get what you're trying to get at, so my answer to whatever answers you seem to have in mind is "so what?" "So what if my son chooses to be atheist because of me?" "So what if i don't take them to church when they know well that I am atheist?" I don't believe many will force any sort of religion (or lack there of) onto their children, but yes they will influence them and if they choose to pick another belief up, they should support them, or agree to disagree. If you propose we take our children to a church then take yours to a Synagog, a Mosk, etc.
(PS: I'm not actually an atheist, however I really don't get what you're getting at. No offense intended btw if you took it personally.)
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