Do you think it is important to tell your children about different religions in the world?

Answer 1

No they can discover it themselves if they want

Answer 2

Oh, my!
Did you open a can of worms.

I love the comment from "bob t" - it smacks of the same mentality that the Taliban impose upon people (i.e., my way or death!).

Children are naturally curious (thank God for that!).
They should be exposed to as much learning about the world as possible.
To close out the fact that different people & cultures have different beliefs and values only narrow the scope of their horizon.
Lack of understanding breeds fear..and fear leads to hate.

Each of the worlds great religions offer something unique and I'm pretty confident that most lead to paths of righteousness and God (the Creator, the Supreme Being or whatever we assume is out there).
NO one religion has ALL the answers (sorry, Christians, I don't believe Jesus is the answer...and please don't try to convert this former Christian).

God created ALL of us and blessed us with free will to explore and aspire towards him (or her, or whomever you percieve God).
To deny a child exposure of different faiths is like saying to that child he/she will never grow up and live beyond their house, their neighborhood.
The world is bigger than the walls of your home.
Understanding that people and faiths are different can help overcome difficulties when that child grows up and meets different people.

Answer 3

Not important but it's good to learn and know more so they can make a good decision or judgement when they have to face any problem involving religions in the future. If they can learn those information from you now, they will probably save a lot of time to do their own search when they need to find out about anything.

Answer 4

yes! knowledge is key! i think that everyone, not only children, should know that there are many different religions of the world. it doesn't mean that they should live by all of them, but they should know enough about it to respect the fact that not every single person in this world has the same religious beliefs. they shouldn't be brought up thinking that their religion is by far the one and only way of believing.

Answer 5

Absolutely.
In the words of Ernestine Rose:

“It is an interesting and demonstrable fact, that all children are atheists and were religion not inculcated into their minds, they would remain so”

I think it is important that a child not be forced to think one way is right and all others are wrong. Forced religion tends to discourage free thought, and be close minded to possibility.

It should be clear that I am not a religious person myself, i prefer to seek out answers to my questions rather than be forbidden to question answers. But I do believe understanding religion (All of them) is part of understanding your fellow humans.

Answer 6

even though I don't subscribe to the religions or different religions or god for that matter I guess If I had children I would want them to learn about everything that they possibly could, I would want to make damn sure the knew the difference between right and wrong and just as equally important that they did the best that they could do, put their best foots forward and say that they tried, after that I would want them to learn to make their own decions and what makes them happy and do what feels best and right to them, after I figured out all those things on my own I feel I have been doing alright with my life, If I had children I would want the best for them so I would try to teach them about everything

Answer 7

It is very important to teach your children that there are other religions and beliefs in the world. And.....that it is imperative that we learn to tolerate and respect other religious beliefs even if we know for a fact that we could never believe in them.

Answer 8

absolutely... i'm a hindu... but my parents have brought me up teaching me about every religion in the world. they've taken me to hindu and sikh temples since birth, we've always visited churches and whenever we travel, they always make it a point to visit the local religious institutions.

this won't harm your kids, it'll only make them broad-minded and respecting to all races and communities, rather than narrow-minded, extremist, terrorising freaks!!!

i'm amazed at how little people my age (20s) know about other communities, as compared to myself. it's like the frog in the well who never knew better. i believe every child must be imparted with the ideaology that "this is us - this is what we believe, but there are others who believe this"... simple! that way, they won't feel enforced with beliefs and will have less of an urge to overthrow what you have grown up knowing for something else ... there will be acceptance and appreciation of differences from the start

Answer 9

Yes tell them, and also tell them that for each person his religion is more important than other religions.

Answer 10

absolutely. It is imperative for children to understand that no one religion is more important than another. They're all superstitious traditions meant to make people feel safe about what they can't understand. God is love, not religious bigotry.

Answer 11

i think its very important you should tell them about the different religions