Assumeing you choose the repopulate the species option, what religion would the child be?

Question

I'm an Atheist and do not believe in God. Assumeing we were the last two people on Earth and you were to repopulate the species with me, what religion would our child be?

Now I know some of you are male, so why not use your brain and answer what you would do if you were alone with a female obviously not me.

And for the women, obviously you can go ahead and pretend its some other Atheist male.

Do you get what I am really driving at?

Answer 1

Actually, I'm not choosing the "repopulate the species" option. I do not plan on having children.

However, I understand that it's a theoretical question.

I would sincerely hope that my child would be raised Episcopalian, like myself. However, if you are an atheist, that would likely be in conflict with your principles. So here's what we'd do:

We'd sit down together and figure out what the very best aspects of our philosophies are. And then together, we'd teach the child an intensive sense of ethics and morality (which we would likely both agree upon as being a good thing). I would tell the child what I believe, and you'd tell the child what you don't believe, and why. When the child grows old enough to make a decision, we'll not argue with that choice. Having raised the child as a courageous, moral, and independently thinking human being, we will honor the choice that the child makes, based on all the information that we've given.

And if the child makes a third choice that reflects neither path, we will also back off and respect that decision.

Answer 2

I get it, that is a cool ananlogy, and if it were you and me, well I respect your right to not believe in organized religion, and wiccans do not push our beliefs on others, so I would probably TRY and convince you to teach our child about the vast choices of religions, and when they are old enought o make an educated decision, then let them decide, and be ruler over their own life.
But in order to do that you would have to be open to the idea too.
Hey, that was a cool analogy, wha is your opinion? Would you, jim, be open to my idea, or would you want to raise our alleged child to your beliefs? I would like to know your side of it too since the kid would be half yours.

Answer 3

Well, I'm an agnostic. So if it were you and me, the children would be brought up hearing "There could be some sort of god, or maybe not, who knows." That wouldn't be so bad, would it?

I don't think you get to the part that religion is a problem until there's at least, oh, 100 people or so. By then we would be dead, anyway.

Answer 4

Being an atheist myself, I would assume our child would be atheist as well. Being the last 2 people on Earth, I would guess neither of us would be filling the child's head with stuff that we both consider to be false.
But it would be interesting to see what other religions would have to say. =)

Answer 5

If it were left up to me, the child/children would be taught to read, and supplied with the texts of all religions/philosophies (assuming that libraries still existed). They would then be allowed to choose for themselves. Faith is something that a person needs to find for themselves, it cannot be beaten into them (no matter what some of the more radical fundamentalists think).

Answer 6

Oh then I am sorry but I would chose Christian but science you are a Atheists then I would choose to repopulate then break up then raise the child(s) as a christian (lol).

Answer 7

Kind of ambiguous.

Do you want to be alone?
No man is an island.

Any child should be brought up as a free thinker with guidance.

If Atheism is the choice then so be it, however if that is the product of misconceptions or hatred, then it would be false.

Answer 8

Yes, teach them all religions and myths. But with out a huge societal influence religion would just die out. Nobody would be silly enough to have faith in religion after about the third grade. Just like people don't believe in Santa or the boogy man after you start thinking for your self.

Answer 9

The religion does not have any other name than to be a dreamer.

To dream a world in the mind and create it with the hands.

The mind comes first. The dream comes first.

Answer 10

uh, hi!!! if anybody of my GENDER died meaning all there might want to be is adult males??? properly i'd truly sow seeds with as many diverse adult males as accessible so it might want to diversify the international so the destiny generations would not all could be entire inbreds! even with if if ya bypass for the full "god created earth, adam n eve" and all that then the full international began as inbreeds so what the heck! yet i like the variety tale, might want to gimme a canopy tale as to why i'd sleep with all and sundry/anybody i wanted!!!