would you accept them as an Atheist.
2006-09-11 05:08:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I mean, would you accept that they do not believe in God.
2006-09-11 05:10:25 · update #1
Casey M,
When I was a child I wanted to be a preacher. I was a devout Christian. Kids views can change.
2006-09-11 05:12:21 · update #2
Barb K,
There are many devout Moms and Dads out there that thought they had raised their child right. Despite the constant reinforcement, some of these children still become Atheists.
2006-09-11 05:16:25 · update #3
Kithy,
You are an excellent example of a great parent. =)
2006-09-11 05:18:04 · update #4
Thank you all for being a good sport. A lot of you sound like you are far more rational than I give you credit for. I was expecting a lot of resentment from this question and you proved me wrong.
2006-09-11 05:21:54 · update #5
I would afford them the opportunity to prove me wrong. If they could then I would concede the victory. But if they couldn't, as I suspect would be the case, then I would suggest to them that they do a little more soul searching. Ultimately although I can give my children the benefit of a solid Christian background, I cannot make them believe anymore than I could make you. Then I would just have to be sad.
2006-09-11 05:13:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will love my son no matter what he does or is. I am raising him in the Cathoic faith yet we are an open-minded family. He is 11 and already has come up with questions about it all. It's a hard concept for any children to comprehend. Heck, adults can't comprend it all at times. If he denounces God later in his life I will pray harder for him. And I will talk to him about it once in awhile but not throw it down his throat. Maybe when he sees his child being born he might believe in God again or at my funeral or on his deathbed. People change a few times during their lives. I have. But I will love him and my door will always be open to him.
2006-09-11 05:17:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting. My religious sister asked me (and I accepted) to be Godfather to her son. She is a devout Catholic but realizes that we are all individuals and wants her son to have the benefits of different perspectives so he can come to his own conclusions. He's only three right now, and goes to church and all that, but as he matures she will let him find his own way. She doesn't want me (an atheist, by the way) to try and change him to my views or anything, she just wants me to be there to answer questions from a different perspective. I very mluch respect this choice.
2006-09-11 05:18:16 · answer #3 · answered by Alobar 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nicely, earlier this organised religions got here into being and no person informed all of us approximately any God, the theory of God had come into place. human beings observed the rain and theory that there would desire to be a great effective being that made rain - the rain God. further solar God and many different Gods. human beings needed to comprehend the explanation and needed to have a proof for each thing occurring around them. You hint the ecu history and you will locate that earlier Christianity you had Nature worshippers stated as pagans. So even nonetheless no person tells you something approximately any God, human suggestions continuously tries to locate some superpower whose existence tries to describe the unexpected activities, the activities which he won't be able to comprehend. possibly, I too might have invented certainly one of those God.
2016-12-12 06:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by woolf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't bother me a bit. He's 16 and agnostic now. That is totally his decision and I certainly would not push the issue. Unlike a lot of other parents I have come in contact with, I do have unconditional love for my child.
2006-09-11 05:14:48 · answer #5 · answered by Kithy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I will tell him that he can believe that if he chooses, but he should make sure he knows why he believes that. I'd ask him to write me a short essay about what he believes, and hold onto it. After a time I'll ask him to read what he wrote and re-evealuate his beliefs. However, he won't have come up with this without first being educated. We are raising our son with open spiritual education so he can make choices for himself...
2006-09-11 05:17:17 · answer #6 · answered by Angela M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would it matter? If a person doesn't believe, they don't believe. Whether another person "accepts" them or not isn't really relevant. I can't go believing something merely so my parents will "accept" me, or so that they won't be embarrassed when people around town go, "Oh, there are the parents with the athiest kid."
2006-09-11 05:14:11 · answer #7 · answered by Tommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is not an option. God tells us that we are to teach our children the word of God, so they can grow to be good God fearing people who obey His laws. It is my duty as a parent to raise my children as good Christian people, and I am proud to say that I did just that. Praise the Lord!!
Deuteronomy 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
2006-09-11 05:14:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, what else could you do? You can't pretend you think they aren't atheist if they are. They're your kids. You love them. And yes, I am a Christian and I have a child.
2006-09-11 05:15:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not...he still a child so I would have to teach him what I have learned about God.
2006-09-11 05:18:24 · answer #10 · answered by ppruel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋