2007-02-21 15:02:52 · 15 answers · asked by Asilos Magdalena 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Personally, I am a Christian, with Christian-raised children.
They are 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 2, and 2 months.
Should any of those children choose the route of Atheism, I would support their decision.
I like to think that each person has the right to choose how and who they worship, and I include my children in that.
2007-02-21 15:07:06 · answer #1 · answered by royalpainshane 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You would be wrong. I was about 14 when I told my father I was an atheist. He disowned me. That's been 28 years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen him in all those years, and our "conversations" consist of about 3 sentences each. It's at that point we realize we have nothing to say to each other. We don't know a thing about each other's lives.
My dad's 80 years old, in poor health and suffering dementia. I missed out on a relationship with him. I have gone nearly my entire life without a father figure and it has affected me deeply. All because I became an atheist.
2007-02-21 15:12:24 · answer #2 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If a Christian would disown her/his child because the child is an atheist, or any other reason, then the person is not a good Christian. Christians are supposed to forgive. Not ignore. And one's one child? I guess they truly believe God wants them to be cruel and not forgiving.
2007-02-21 15:07:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My female pal is christian i'm atheist. She is pregnant. She needs the baby to be christian and he or she saved demanding approximately how there could be fights over what faith the baby could be which made her question how solid it would be for us to be mutually. I had to swallow my delight and say "it rather is christian" even nonetheless i'm an anti-theist. It became at that 2d i found out that no rely what faith this baby grew to become i might nevertheless like it. My basically choose for this baby is that its faith won't intervene with that is intelligence and technological expertise. i've got continually been very illiberal of christians the two on line and in individual. i've got made human beings cry. i'm advantageous your father and mom will nevertheless love you. only coach which you nevertheless use good judgment and reason. only coach him that each little thing he taught you remains effective and customary. attempt talking technological expertise. only as long as you at the instant are not a fundie. solid luck. atheist.
2016-11-24 23:12:00 · answer #4 · answered by tabbitha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving dinner would be a lot of fun! Of course I wouldn't disown my children no matter what bad choices they'd make. It's my job to raise them in the ways of the Lord, and it's their job to choose a path in life. When they grow up I will have equipped them to make the right choice, but I'd always pray for my child in this set of circumstances.
2007-02-21 15:10:48 · answer #5 · answered by chdoctor 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have seven kids, and no, I would not disown any of them for being atheists. I would weep for them, and pray for them.
In my experience, it is usually the kid who rejects their parent's faith who disown the parents, rather than the other way round. (One of my sons went through that phase, and it nearly broke my heart. I didn't hear from him for several years. However, I am happy to report that my son has found his way back to God, and to his Mom....)
It's sort of the same with God, isn't it? He waits for His children to return to Him, but the ones who have become atheists have rejected Him. How sad it must make Him!
After all, if it were God's intention to reject any of His children, all He would have had to do was to stay Home...He could have avoided all that business about becoming a Man and suffering all the ills of the flesh...yet He not only came to earth in a human body, He even suffered one of the cruelest forms of execution ever devised by human minds...all to give His wayward kids the opportunity to have everlasting life.
And you thought YOU sacrificed for YOUR kids!!!!!
2007-02-21 15:25:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would not disown any of my children... their faith is their own... as much as I would like to choose everything for them, I cannot choose their faith... it is up to them to choose... I will always love my children... as for other Christians, I cannot say what their choice would be... but since God loves us unconditionally, I would think they in turn would love their children unconditionally
2007-02-21 15:09:26 · answer #7 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In actuality it is usually the non christian that disassociates with the Christian.
2007-02-21 15:11:13 · answer #8 · answered by James B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course not! Owning and disowning is up to God, and God alone.
2007-02-27 10:00:56 · answer #9 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say: Generalizations are generally false. Generally speaking, of course. Specific generalities might vary somewhat.
2007-02-21 15:10:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋