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I was born and raised catholic
lost my faith years ago and am now agnostic
I could teach religion classes with the knowledge I have accumulated after 12 years of a catholic school
we are raising our kids catholic
my daughter asks a lot of questions and I fell like I am lying to her
especially about heaven and hell...I hate these concepts...she is so worried she is going to hell (for little stupid stuff) that I just want to tell her its ALL bulls***...there is no heaven or hell, these are fairy tale man created concepts to force people in line out of fear...
I have no problem lying about santa the easter bunny and democrats...but I feel horrible lying about religion
similar experiences???
I was born and raised catholic
lost my faith years ago and am now agnostic
I could teach religion classes with the knowledge I have accumulated after 12 years of a catholic school
we are raising our kids catholic
my daughter asks a lot of questions and I fell like I am lying to her
especially about heaven and hell...I hate these concepts...she is so worried she is going to hell (for little stupid stuff) that I just want to tell her its ALL bulls***...there is no heaven or hell, these are fairy tale man created concepts to force people in line out of fear...
I have no problem lying about santa the easter bunny and democrats...but I feel horrible lying about religion
similar experiences???
when mine asked i told them they weren't real places. i told them that original sin meant ignorance. I did ask them what can they learn from the stories like noah.
I agree with the others. Why do this? You are an adult, you have the authority to raise your child in the way you see fit.
You may feel bad about lying about religion because it is more impactful than Santa. Kids believe in Santa for about 7 years, then they know the truth. Religion is often for life.
Don’t lie to your kids. It is a bad example to set.
Although it was not the case in my life, some couples have divergent opinions on what children should or should not be exposed to during their malleable years. Some opt for six-of-one, half-dozen of the other.
For instance, my Catholic brother alternated Sundays between his church and that of his Dutch Reformed wife. Their kids were exposed to both belief systems, more or less equally. Seems like a sensible enough approach to his pagan older brother.
I don't see why a non-believer couldn't work out an arrangement with a believing spouse. Take the kids to church with believing Dad on alternate Sundays, with non-believing Mom heating up pizza and prepping the kids for some Sunday football action on the other. Or mebbe going for a walk in a field or along a creek.
I take it that your spouse is likely the reason behind raising the kids Catholic? In my experience the Mother In Law of the religious spouse can often be a force or engine behind having children raised in a faith, often placing pressure on her son or daughter (marital spouse) to do so.
This can leave the Agnostic spouse in somewhat of a dilemma due to the fact that if they teach the children to "stray from the path" so to speak, and the kids wind up getting in trouble, start to hang with the wrong crowd, etc. guess who gets blamed?
Mother In Law: "I knew you never should have married that *****, leading the children away from the Church!! Look what's happened now!!...
Buddhism says that the children should be respectfully teaching the parents the better Buddhism if they so know it. This is the highest wholesome deed. For a child to love his parent's further understanding and peace of mind. If the parent believes the child to be incorrect, they should be respectfully corrected for their child's benefit, out of parental love. Respect must be properly given to be deserved. The parents are a child's first teachers, and the children are the parents' last helpers.
Don't remember what sect or scripture that was from exactly, though.
Last edited by LuminousTruth; 01-10-2019 at 10:57 PM..
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