Can parents force their children to attend religious services? What age to you have do be to choose your faith

Question

Can children choose their own faith?

Answer 1

yeah. i guess?? maybe 15 or 16 you start to go your own ways.

Answer 2

Answer 1: Parents want the best for their children. They tend to influence their faith / belief on them. However, they may resort to compulsion (that is, by force) when required. So, children have to keep an open mind & learn to understand their parents' faith / belief / religion. If they choose to defy, compulsion would normally used for the "good" of them.

Answer 2: Age would be around 18 or 21 & above.

Answer 3: Yes, children can choose their faith when they are of a mature age, an age to discern right from wrong when given many options.

Answer 3

Parents can not force their children attending religious services.The baby is like a white paper.The parents has the obligation to fill the baby with a right religion since his/her birth.So in islamic religion ,his/her father should say an adzan on his/her ear because the first five senses which can be used is his/her ear for hearing.Adzan contains a swear in that believe in only one God as the greatest and Muhammad is the last prophet and God messenger,let us praying and let us make a happy and winning life and witness no other God than Allah.Parents should give a religion teaching as a basic knowledge to their children by sending them to reciting centre or inviting at home a religion teacher at least once a week for two hours..When they go to school the parents should seek a good islamic school nearest to their home.The parents should give a good examples in practicing islamic religion at home in everyday life such as praying together on time,fasting a full month during fasting month,speaking honestly do not tell a lie,living in simple way,appreciating other,helping and loving other etc.After they are grown up that is their decision and their own responsibility to choose their own faith.But all muslim parents hope that they will choose the same faith with their parents,because islam is the right religion.

Answer 4

The answer is yes, parents can force their children to attend Church, but by my experience, it's not a wise thing to do. By all means tell them about God, Jesus, and how real He is. But do it by also acting in a way before them that will not distort their understanding. A child can become a Christian at the age He/She begins to understand the meaning, and then when they are at an age when they feel they want to commit their lives to Christ, let them do so. God will handle the rest. I do know of one occassion when a 5 year iold boy did so and he's never looked back, and he's a grown young man now.

I can only advise you to sincerely ask Jesus Christ into your life and everything you want to know about God will eventually be revealed to you as you grow in the Christian Faith. You see you can go to the graves of all your false prophets and Buddha, Miohammed etc. and dig up their remains, but go to Christ's tomb and it's empty, why? because He Rose from the dead.

Openmindly read the Gospels and preferably some of Pauls letters especially the letter to the Ephesians. Once you have experienced this tremendous understanding of God's Will for you, Satan will appear as an angel of light to confuse you, thinking that he will destroy your relationship with God, don't be taken in by this.

If you want chapters and verses then the first thing to do is read the Gospels very carefully, and note how much Jesus loved children, and read Christian Literature, i.e. The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson and Run Baby Run by Nicky Cruz are excellent. But to be honest , all your answers are in the Bible.

You want a quote from the Bible, John 3 v16, Isaiah 43 V 1-3. The Sermon on the Mount, Mathew chapters 5 - 8.
Turning your life over to Christ will take courage, as an ex-soldier, I can truly identify with this. let's put it this way, if there was no God, I wouldn't be here today answering your Question, I wouldn't be alive, and that's the truth. Please identify the difference between satans manipulation, and the Truth in God. I could give you many scriptual references to your question, but the real step is finding Christ and asking him into your life. There will be no doubt about it, if you're sincere, the Holy Spirit will reveal everything to you. He loves you and wants to save you and your children from hell and an eternity without God.

If it's guidance you need then contact you're nearest true Christian Church or Christians who will explain anything you need to know. Remember we (True Born-Again-Christians) love everyone.

Answer 5

Well, really, parents do have a say over their kids until they are age 18. My parents made me attend church until I was 16 and I was pretty much still expected to go however, I didn't always. As long as I was living in their house, I was expected to go rather regularly. Most religions expect that you go along with your parents' faith until the age of 18, in which you are considered an adult and able to choose your own.

Answer 6

Once you reach 18 in the UK you can make your own decisions. It would be extremely difficult for a child to argue against going to religious services if it is their parents' religion, and a recognised mainstream faith. However, no-one can make you believe. You could just go through the motions until you have the freedom to do what you will. Bear in mind there may be other consequences, an acquaintance of mine was cut off by his family when he rejected their religion (Jehovah's Witnesses) and chose atheism. He still feels it was the right choice for him.

Answer 7

Parents should allow their children to learn as much as they can, and they shouldn't discourage their children for being curious. I don't think anyone should be forced to participate in a religion. As soon as a child can make a conscious decision to not attend a religious service because they disagree with the teachings (not because they'd rather watch cartoons), then the parents should respect that.

Answer 8

Yes. If you live in your parents house you must follow your parents rules. If a parent can force a child to attend school for 6-7 hours a day, they can force a child to attend religious services for 1-2 hours.

Answer 9

Parents can only encourage their children to be of a certain religion but if practising Christianity children can choose whether they want to practise it from about the age of 12 because they can receive their confirmation from around the age of 12 but if a child does not wish to be confirmed a parent cannot force it upon them as it is the child's choice

Answer 10

You are free anytime to choose your faith. Parents just don't want their children to be led astray by false teachings, so they tried their best to let their children attend religious services and be aware of a loving relationship with God.

Answer 11

Parents can make their children attend services but people generally decide their beliefs for themselves. I've always encouraged my children to think about it and consider the evidence carefully. Personally I can't think of anything worse than trying to indoctrinate my children. Free thinkers, that's what I want mine to become.

In the UK there's something called Gillick Competence governing a child's right to consent to medical treatment. I don't know if there's anything similar covering attendance at worship. If not there certainly should be.