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By: Sergy Maers

Sergy Maers — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:46:24 +0000

Nice written, I can only agree with you. Your parent were doing well, when leaving you at home, when they went to the church.

By: Islay

Islay — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:16:38 +0000

Very well said. I wonder if the original commenter would like me to take her kid to one of my prayer meetings? My religious beliefs are a patchwork quilt of Pantheist sentiment, Hindu morality and Greek-deity-worship. Would the commenter like me to tell her repeatedly that there is no one sentient god but that we ARE God, just as everything else around us is, and that we can celebrate however we choose (so long as she celebrates by worshipping the Greek panthion, because, you know, that’s what I do) but that when you squish a bug karma will come and kick you in the but later by squishing YOU? (Okay, I don’t actually believe that, but some of the people at my prayer meetings do). And yeah, that makes me sound whacked out, but I think almost all Christian practices are equally as crazy (and the ones that aren’t are stolen from ancient pagan religions anyway). My children will be raised agnostic and educated in as many religions as they take an interest in. They can choose to follow whatever spiritual path they want when they have learned enough to make an educated dicision.

I think a lot of people from various major religions use the ‘the kid should choose’ and ‘you should show them both sides’ WAY too much without actually subscribing to it themselves.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:55:51 +0000

Well said…you are correct on every point

By: CM

CM — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:02:12 +0000

Your post came at just the right time for me. I just spent a week at my parents house, during which of course they educated me on how the “end times” are coming soon. As a (parent-pleasing) adoptee, I don’t want to crush them by admitting that I am Buddhist/agnostic. But I cannot allow them to push their religion on me or my daughter. I finally had to tell them that my daughter will be raised to be a moral critical thinker who can choose her spiritual path when she is much older.

We recently declined going on the extended-family vacation this summer to avoid the “big blow-out argument” that is becoming more inevitable…

By: Perrin

Perrin — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:42:50 +0000

Very well said. I completely agree. We seem to live in a mid-western area where everyone is flocking in droves to the nearest, latest and biggest mega church out there on each and every street corner. When I explained to my daughter’s preschool teacher that we wouldn’t be attending their church service on Sunday morning to listen to the pre-school children sing songs she looked at me like I had 4 eyes. Yes, it is my choice to send her to the Christian preschool and it is also my choice not to become embroiled in this church’s highly conservative Christian values and politics that become evident in their sermons.

I want to raise critical thinkers who will make their own choices as adults. No guilt, no politics and they can leave the hell fire and damnation as well…don’t need it.