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How are you doing it? Are you letting them make the choice? Or having them go to where you worship and let them choose at a certain age. We try to exspose our kids to different beliefs.....and want to let them choose one day. What do you do?
I was raised by a Christian mom and and atheist dad. Mom took me and my sis to church every week, but didn't pound it into our heads at home. Dad never went. As an adult I feel like I can make my own choice, and that choice was to join a Christian church and take the kids. I want them to be exposed to it, and we found a good church home when we moved here. Fundies really turn me off to religion, however. I'm not like that, and neither is my church.
I was raised by a Christian mom and and atheist dad. Mom took me and my sis to church every week, but didn't pound it into our heads at home. Dad never went. As an adult I feel like I can make my own choice, and that choice was to join a Christian church and take the kids. I want them to be exposed to it, and we found a good church home when we moved here. Fundies really turn me off to religion, however. I'm not like that, and neither is my church.
Yeah i was raised as a catholic....actually really enjoyed the ceremony to it and the priests but it just didn't gel with me as an adult is all. Funny thing is my dad never went either ...and i have noticed a lot of fathers do the same...i wonder why that it?
I went to 12 years of Catholic School. I knew from 1st grade that church really wasn't for me. Now I don't really believe in anything. I think religion, or lack there of should be a choice. I have always seen people picking and choosing to be religious when its convenient for them. Like one of my girl friends is half jewish and half christian, however when we are out and she meets someone jewish she says "I'm jewish" same as when she meets someone christian. However when Easter and Christmas roll around she is magically "my mom is christian and wants me to have christmas and easter". Holidays aren't an entitlement. I openly celebrate the commercial side of christmas, as do my friends who don't really believe in anything, we celebrate Dwali and things like that too.
That is how I feel about it when raising children w/ a religion.
It's not pick & choose as a child IMO unless that is how the family lives.
Our fundamentals are Christian and we are practicing Catholics.
I fought it tooth & nail, especially as a teenager.
Can't live w/o my faith as an adult.
Completely appreciate the consistency my parents showed me in regards to religion in our home.
Consistency.
When our children are living on their own, they can practice praying to unicorns if they want.
I have a very strong belief in Chrisitianty in my raising of children & that is all I will say.
I'm an agnostic. But I exposed my children to various denominations of Christianity, Islam and Judaism so they could form their own opinions.
I did not want to impose my agnostic beliefs onto my children because I consdier religious beliefs to be a journey people need to make on their own.
If they chose to not enbrace any religious beliefs, at least they received an education about cultures and beliefs, which I feel is important because religion is a major force in world politics.
Both of my young adult children currently lean towards Christian beliefs.
Both me and my fiancee are athiest. His "family" is jewish. My stepgrandparents are both catholic priests. We do not and will not ever bring our children to church. We do celebrate holidays and If my children are ever curious about religion (which I doubt will happen) they can ask about it and we will try to answer, but I am not going to force them to learn about something.
Both me and my fiancee are athiest. His "family" is jewish. My stepgrandparents are both catholic priests. We do not and will not ever bring our children to church. We do celebrate holidays and If my children are ever curious about religion (which I doubt will happen) they can ask about it and we will try to answer, but I am not going to force them to learn about something.
Sounds like you're planning to force them to learn about athiesm. Trust me, they will be curious about religion because they will be exposed to it via friends. Get ready for those questiions!
Both me and my fiancee are athiest. His "family" is jewish. My stepgrandparents are both catholic priests. We do not and will not ever bring our children to church. We do celebrate holidays and If my children are ever curious about religion (which I doubt will happen) they can ask about it and we will try to answer, but I am not going to force them to learn about something.
So what denomination are you?
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Trust me, they will be curious about religion because they will be exposed to it via friends. Get ready for those questiions!
