Should I just let her be Christian (like most of my family) or should I give her more of my personal views? I feel that it should be a personal experience for everyone, but will find it hard not to bring my own views into the picture. Any advice on how to just let her go at it herself?
2006-07-17 08:19:16 · 19 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Teach her what you believe, but also allow her to study other viewpoints and other religions. When she is old enough, she'll make her own decision. :)
2006-07-17 08:23:28 · answer #1 · answered by Girl Wonder 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
i would dare say that you'll be able to teach your daughter everything there is to know about all the spiritual teachings in the world, so you must start somewhere. Probably best to start with what you know, teach her that, and also prompt her to learn about other systems. Give her a good foundation to learn, and then give her room to learn, and let her decide.
It is a personal experience for everyone, and you can't deny her any spiritual beliefs, but can encourage her.
2006-07-17 15:25:15 · answer #2 · answered by more than a hat rack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salvation has to be an individual experience once a person reaches the stage of being able to make such a choice. Regardless of your feelings, you should instill in your daughter what you believe to be a good set of moral values, based on principles you believe in. You should encourage her to study and ask questions, while you honestly answer those questions.
2006-07-17 15:24:01 · answer #3 · answered by wiregrassfarmer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May I answer your question with a question, how did you get to where you are? Your beliefs were formed no matter what your family, friends, or.... said to you. My children, and I have 4 ranging from 24 to 29 years old, are their own people. That makes me Blessed. I have always, and will always try, to support them in any endeavor they choose for themselves. The way of the Spirit is just that, the Way of the Spirit. The Spirit will get them to wherever the Spirit wants them.
Peace and Love
2006-07-17 15:35:34 · answer #4 · answered by digilook 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real tragedy of faith (IMHO) is that it proceeds from the desire to change the world -- to make things fair (or at least more fair), to improve on the stark reality of "survival of the fittest," to rewrite the cruel law of supply and demand, to free ourselves from the final indignity of death. This tendency may not be very realistic, but it is at least natural in human beings. The trouble is that people think they need to introduce some supernatural agency to accomplish these things, when all they need to do is use their heads and hands and hearts.
You want to change the world, make it better for your daughter? Then be a loving parent. Whatever you choose to tell her about faith won't matter; your love and your example will be the Number One lesson in her life.
2006-07-18 07:45:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teach her the many paths that can be taken. Teach her patience, kindness, tolerance, acceptance, generosity but most of all love.
Be there for her to answer questions and if you don't know the answers search together to find them.
She will learn how to treat people and more about the world by watching and listening to you so teach her well.
2006-07-18 12:56:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Set good example for your child.
It is far better to have a faith that allows her to see the good, even when things don't go the way she wanted or think they should.
Teach her about the beliefs of your own culture.
Buy her a pet.
Much can be learned about life in owning a pet.
2006-07-17 16:09:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the same dillema with my son. I have raised him to be intellectually motivated, as well as a careing person. I know when he is with his grandmother, she likes to tell him christian things. But, she said the same things to me when I was little, and I turned out to be a non-braindead atheist. So, I give him my opinion when he asks for it. But, I tell him everyone has to make up their own mind. The last couple of times she asked him, he did not want to go to church. I feel sorry for her, but am glad that my son is not retarded. Good luck
2006-07-17 15:31:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cultivate her natural sense of compassion. Teach her to think; to apply her ability to reason to ethical questions, rather than searching for the answer in an ancient book written by goofballs who thought the earth was flat. If you do that, the dogma of religions, faith in gods, etc will not be necessary.
She will be better off without religion. Why build her moral foundation on sand? (Faith in imaginary beings)
2006-07-17 15:28:49 · answer #9 · answered by Phil S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BRING IN YOUR VIEWS...but don't do it in a way that is hateful or completely disrespects the beliefs of others. In fact show her alternatives...she's smarter than you think and she'll begin to formulate her own ideas and beliefs based on those things. Check out www.UUA.ORG it'll be helpful to you. PEACE!
2006-07-17 15:28:50 · answer #10 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have very young nieces and am trying to teach them what is right. When they grow up they will follow according to their own understanding. My effort is to keep them away from hatred. All sort of hatred religious, ethnic, color, regional. This is all I can do to make them better. You can teach your daughter the good values and leave her to chose her own religious beliefs.
2006-07-17 15:28:49 · answer #11 · answered by A K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋