What would you say to them?? Would you be mad, disown them? Serious Answers Please
2007-07-24 04:14:42 · 22 answers · asked by ~So Over It~ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'd be like "well duh!"
2007-07-24 04:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by PoseidenNeptuneReturns 4 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Children have a way of saying things that they sometimes don't always mean. They change their likes, dislikes, beliefs, etc. more often than they change their underwear. Anything that comes out of their mouth when they are young should not be taken too seriously. When my children make a negative comment about God I always answer with, "you better not let God hear you say that!" They get this worried look on their face like they have done something wrong and got busted for it. Ultimately, it is their choice whether or not they want to believe in God. It is up to us as parents to teach them about Him and do our best to lead them in the right direction. DISOWN them? Absolutely not. We should never give up on them and their salvation until the day we die!
2007-07-24 04:25:12 · answer #2 · answered by yankeegirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My oldest children are only 6, so I have not confronted this one yet. I think if your son or daughter is saying this...they are one of the following...
a) Gone down the path of the darkside and don't want to deal with the guilt of the sinful life they lead
b) Young Teen establishing identity separate from parents...in the experimenting phase
c) A young college student challenging parents because of "all that they known now."
d) A attention monger who is pushing your buttons and thinks he just found the right one to get your goat.
e) some combination of A-D
I would consider the context of your child (age, experiences, how much church training they have, circumstances at home can be enormous).
Consider Proverbs 22:6, Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from the faith.
We are never separated from the love of God. So I would say restrain your anger here, he/ she may just be pushing your buttons. If you think they are sincere....Pray, Pray, Pray. You may have a prodigal son/daughter on your hands that is going to go out in the world and learn some very VALUABLE lessons...yes they may even be dangerous lessons, but ultimately they are saying..."It is my life and I will live it as I want...for good or bad." So don't try to control...it is really their choices to make. Give this one to the Lord and let him deal with your son/daughter... it is very difficult..but if you have trained them and they are at the age of accountability...they are his already. Allow the Lord to work in their lives..sometimes family is to close to really speak to someone. Let the Lord be the teacher...it might take some serious "events", but pray they will come back to his loving arms soon or in the end.
2007-07-24 04:33:30 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on their age.
Getting mad or disowning them would not help, or be the example that Jesus gave us.
We cannot force others to believe, we can continue to show them Christian Love and Pray for them though.
Good Luck!
2007-07-24 04:20:31 · answer #4 · answered by C 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would not be mad and/or disown him/her. I would be loving and accepting, plain and simple. Same way I am with my current friends and family members who believe differently than I do.
2007-07-24 04:18:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
At one time, my kids did. But at a much earlier time, so did I. It would be the height of hypocrisy for me to be angry with them, disown them, or guilt-trip them for that, now wouldn't it? They are my children; I love them. They've done many other things that I don't approve of or that make me sad, but I can't make their decisions for them. All I did was continue to pray for them, but our relationship remained the same.
2007-07-24 04:21:49 · answer #6 · answered by Clare † 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had two different reactions but not from my parents but from my grandparents
My moms side are Christians but laid back and don't push it and they where more than fine with it and where happy that I had came to my own choices.
My grandparents on my dads side however where convinced that I was damned and did everything they could to try and get me to go to church or hear the word of God every chance they got and in reallity that made me more adament in my views.
2007-07-24 04:18:40 · answer #7 · answered by John C 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would depend on how old they were and what they are really trying to get out of me. The children around me already know the truth and I would take any denouncement as a sign of struggle with something other than really giving up on God.
2007-07-24 04:19:03 · answer #8 · answered by Molly 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'd be sad, but I would like to think that I'd have the ability to ask them what led them to their conclusion and try to help them as much as I could without pushing them away or compromising my own beliefs.
2007-07-24 04:18:59 · answer #9 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would tell them I love them very much and so does God. I would pray for them and let God become real to them just as he did for me.
2007-07-24 04:19:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I myself would be really sad because they'd be missing out on blessings, however, I know they've already accepted Jesus Christ as savior and believed in God and will most likely return to that .... they would be what I would call in reversionism. I would pray that they find their way back.
Ultimately though, I would know that they've already been saved... and once written in the book.... forever in the book
2007-07-24 04:19:11 · answer #11 · answered by sassinya 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋