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Be honest now! 
If my child turned to religion I'd just have someone to argue with over a scotch during the holidays, sounds more like fun to me. 
I'd also not raise my child to be an Atheist, I'd however do the same thing as my theist parents did namely instill a didactic prowess by that I mean that I'd read history to the child instead of faerie tales.. My dad did this with me after I started to inquire about the second world war and from there we more or less went through the history of the world and Sweden was one of my happiest memories from my childhood I'd also read all the mythology to them, my dad started with the Greek ones and then we went on from there.. I've always found the Norse faith very fascinating.
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My children would understand and believe in logic and science, i.e. they would be Christians. 
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As long as my children are happy I am happy. Whether they choose to believe in god or not is irrelevant.
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As long as they came to the decision on their own, their religion wouldn't bother me at all. Unless they were in some kind of cult or something.
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Oh look, another religion hating thread by manegarm 
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Did you read what he wrote Fred? Manegarm didn't hate on religion at all. It's not even a region thread is a child thread.
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IMHO posted:
My children would understand and believe in logic and science, i.e. they would be Christians.
Hope you're not talking about Bob, because he's just a liar. 
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I have one kid who is almost guaranteed to grow up and be atheist. My love is unconditional.
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
I have one kid who is almost guaranteed to grow up and be atheist. My love is unconditional.
 
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My children will be raised spiritually. Meaning I will not enforce one religion on them but expose them to many different organizations and let them choose their own path. When I was a kid my mom took me to many different churches/temples. The result was someone who believes in a higher power and spirituality. My child will one day be an adult and they can do whatever they want.
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I was going to say that! I would think after a few exorcisms the atheist child could be cleansed.
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Perhaps to help you understand it would be helpful to ask the question in a different way.
How would you react if your child doused themselves with gasoline and started to flick a lighter? Would you just love them unconditionally and hope for the best? Have some scotch and perhaps argue with him over the actions they are partaking in?
Because *if* you believe that your child will experience incomprehensible suffering for all of eternity; then for a Christian to simply doing nothing so as not to appear a douche bag is the same thing as ignoring your child about to burn him or herself to death for an Atheist.
You can't understand Christians mode of thinking because you don't believe what they believe. The difference is what you believe in ends in nothing so it is easy to blow off.
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My child doesn't need to follow any path I decided to take. They can choose for themselves... that is, either to be an atheist or very devout, of which I'm neither.
However, I will have them baptized and do all the paperwork crap because honestly, it's a pain to do as an adult.  I say this after having been recently married through the Catholic church. What they believe is up to them.
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LadyGodiva. posted:
My child doesn't need to follow any path I decided to take. They can choose for themselves... that is, either to be an atheist or very devout, of which I'm neither.
However, I will have them baptized and do all the paperwork crap because honestly, it's a pain to do as an adult. I say this after having been recently married through the Catholic church. What they believe is up to them.
My children are also completely in control of what they believe. I can't make them believe anything. Every person has free will. They have been exposed to the Christian faith and its teachings. None of that means that if one were to come to me and tell me they are an Atheist that I would not attempt to work on them over time to the best of my ability. I sure might not succeed but to not try is to not love them of which I do very much.
For me not do try with what I believe goes right back to what any parent would do if their child was about to seriously harm or kill themselves, we would interject. The disconnect between non-believers and believers is that one side does not view the situation with any feeling at all and the other views it as more paramount than death itself. That chasm lends itself to the rather strong feelings that end up in conversations/arguments between the two groups.
Everyone can understand saving your child from great harm in this life and if you want to know what Christians are thinking on the Atheist thing just transfer that feeling x1000 as it pertains to their soul. The motivation is self explanatory.
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Even Manegarm will be baptized by the Mormons after he is dead. They love Atheists. Though smoke may rise from his grave site he will be cleansed!
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Good to know that Blowfarts is a fundamentalist who will brainwash his children as much as possible.
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Even Manegarm will be baptized by the Mormons after he is dead. They love Atheists. Though smoke may rise from his grave site he will be cleansed!
kewl! It might be farts.. I plan to eat a lot of cheese before I die.
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I would sacrifice them to my God.
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Only an evil god would send someone to hell purely for not believing. Bowlartz why do you worship an evil God?
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Tych2 posted:
Did you read what he wrote Fred? Manegarm didn't hate on religion at all. It's not even a region thread is a child thread.
You just didn't wait long enough.
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Tych2 posted:
Did you read what he wrote Fred? Manegarm didn't hate on religion at all. It's not even a region thread is a child thread.
You just didn't wait long enough.
What? Have I slandered any religion yet?
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My children are being raised Catholic.
They will make the choice for themselves when confirmation comes around.
I'm ok with it either way.
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I agree with bowlartz.
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I could only teach and live by example..if they still turned in a foul direction, I would love them the same and pray for them all the time. I would be heartbroken if you want honesty.
My cousin was a non-believer..her mother, my aunt was always preaching at her..which caused a rift in their relationship.
Long story short..
My cousin got brain cancer in her late 30's..it was a horrible death for her..she was a wonderful, beautiful person. Her husband banned my aunt from her room because he said he could tell her trying to lead her to the Lord..upset her. She could no longer communicate..just give some expression, I guess her eyes were like swollen out of her sockets..sigh.
My aunt just was doing her best..by cousins hubby was doing his..but it was wrong for him to keep her parents from the room.
I always hope she listened in the end and accepted Christ..but we don't know. I just know my aunt was desperate because she knew her daughter was near the end. Was a very sad situation.
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Bowlartz posted:
Perhaps to help you understand it would be helpful to ask the question in a different way.
How would you react if your child doused themselves with gasoline and started to flick a lighter? Would you just love them unconditionally and hope for the best? Have some scotch and perhaps argue with him over the actions they are partaking in?
Because *if* you believe that your child will experience incomprehensible suffering for all of eternity; then for a Christian to simply doing nothing so as not to appear a douche bag is the same thing as ignoring your child about to burn him or herself to death for an Atheist.
You can't understand Christians mode of thinking because you don't believe what they believe. The difference is what you believe in ends in nothing so it is easy to blow off.
This kind of God is exactly the type I could *never* support, no matter what - the kind that says 'follow this specific religion or suffer eternally.'
This would mean that you're basically playing the lottery with religions vs. suffering.
YOU believe you're following the right one...but so does every other religion. How would you feel if you were wrong, and you were going to suffer because you aren't <insert religion here>? Would you not feel cheated, that you picked a religion and worshipped faithfully, all to suffer because you didn't pick the right stick from the pile?
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I could only teach and live by example..if they still turned in a foul direction, I would love them the same and pray for them all the time. I would be heartbroken if you want honesty.
My cousin was a non-believer..her mother, my aunt was always preaching at her..which caused a rift in their relationship.
Long story short..
My cousin got brain cancer in her late 30's..it was a horrible death for her..she was a wonderful, beautiful person. Her husband banned my aunt from her room because he said he could tell her trying to lead her to the Lord..upset her. She could no longer communicate..just give some expression, I guess her eyes were like swollen out of her sockets..sigh.
My aunt just was doing her best..by cousins hubby was doing his..but it was wrong for him to keep her parents from the room.
I always hope she listened in the end and accepted Christ..but we don't know. I just know my aunt was desperate because she knew her daughter was near the end. Was a very sad situation.
Turned in a foul direction? Sounds like you just described your children as being a rapists or a pedophiles.
Maybe your aunt should have been more accepting of others and not a bigot?
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