Christians, which child will grow up to be more open minded?

Question

A. a child that's raised by strict Christians parents that only teaches her Christianity?

B. a child that's raised by Atheist parents that teaches about all religious beliefs?

C. a child that's raised by Muslim parents that only teaches about the muslim belief?

I know how you Christians are. You hate to say that Atheists are right

CHOOSE ONE

CHOOSE ONE

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Answer 1

The atheist will teach atheism

The christian will teach christianity

The muslim will teach islam

At the end of the day the child will still make up their own mind. Even if an atheist thinks they teach open mindedness they will really teach their own beliefs because atheism is their religion. I'm yet to see an atheist that teaches their children about religion.

Answer 2

Any indoctrinated person will not make up his own mind regarding the subject he/she is indoctrinated in. If a parent stresses a belief hard enough, the child will stick to it for the rest of his/her life unless something that severely contradicts those beliefs happens.


Still, I think that the Atheist child will be more open minded. The reason is that beliefs that involve a higher power always have some sort of major restrictions on a person's behavior. Those restrictions provide people with a non-valid excuse not to do or believe in something. Saying "God does not condone it" is pretty much putting the blame on something besides ones-self. The only restrictions that an indoctrinated atheist will have on his behavior will come from his parents' teachings and from society, and thus will have more freedom of thought than everyone else.

Answer 3

This question is difficult or irrelavant to answers for a reason. There are a significant amount of Christians who aren't strictly confined to their own thoughts of their religion. In a parallel way, there are many atheists who don't teach their children about any religion. Additionally, there are several Muslims who are not extremist in their beliefs, and may be more lax in thought. The scope of your questions is quite limited and does not account for real life situations. The above groups are not confined to their own religion, and athiests on the majority do not definitely express all religions to their children from anymore than a purely surveyal or academic view. Please reformat the question because the answer is D. None of the Above

Answer 4

My answer is D u forgot to put it up there.

D. The child is raised by either a(n) atheist, muslim, christian, hindu, buddist, etc, that teaches them about other religions and teaches them to respect other religions, and lets them make up their mind.

I was grew up in a Christian dominant faith, and my parents taught me about other religions they found interesting like Taoism. They also allow me to research others without condemning me for it. I don't care what faith they grew up in it is all dependent on the parents and how open-minded they are, and the child itself. I don't care what some parents teach children they still grow up to do the opposite. Remember FREE WILL.

Answer 5

I'm an impartial voice since I am none of the above. Based on what you have written and assuming each is a fact, I would have to say the Atheist's would raise a more open minded child.

Answer 6

A child raised by parents who encourage the child to learn about all beliefs and make the decision for themselves will be more intelligent and open minded.

Answer 7

Can't say I know anybody in catagory C, but I know plenty of people in catagories A and B...

I've actually found A and B to be equally hostile to other persons viewpoints.

Here is the main difference:

The Christian believes that the other person is wrong because of ignorance- a lack of knowledge. They believe that the other person is perfectly capable of being saved, but has yet to see the light.

The Athiest, however, usually believes the other person is wrong because they themselves are stupid.

Somehow our society has evolved where atheism is equated with intelligence in some lights- and so the assumption is made that everyone who believes in anything outside the realm of science is an idiot.

There's a good anecdote to that one though:
A group of scientists set out to climb the world's highest mountain in search of the ultimate truth and spent years planning and struggling up- constantly stumbling and having to pick themselves back up. When they finally reached the top, they found a group of theologians sitting there, ready to welcome them

Answer 8

I choose to teach my children all religions, but I also tell them what we believe as well, because it is the basis on how we choose to live our lives.

If you were to be fair, choice B should read "a child that's raised by Atheist parents that only teaches her Atheism"

Answer 9

Obviously, the answer is B. But the list is certainly rigged. What about a child raised by Christian parrents who teach them about other religions? What about child raised by Athiest parents who teach that all religion is a farce?

It's an inane question with a rigged answer. Pointless.

Answer 10

Any of them.

I know many people raised by strict religious parents who went after the path they believed in; not their parents' path.

Don't generalize Christians. We don't all think the same.