If your child previously held the same atheistic beliefs as yourself, but then came to the conclusion that God is real, how would you react to this? What if your child tried to convince you that God is real?
2007-08-20 11:51:05 · 35 answers · asked by Lydia 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
johnny.zondo: Yes, you are correct in your statement that "christianITY isnt bad, its the way the christiANS act that make it bad." But please don't lump Christians into one "bad" group. It would be more correct to say it's "the way SOME Christians act" that is bad. Also, being a Christian, and believing in the existence of Lucifer, I believe that most of the time people who claim to be Christians but act in a horrible manner are in reality under the influence of Satan, and not God or the Bible.
2007-08-20 12:22:22 · update #1
To the answerers that wrote that this could "never" happen to their children, you put a smile on my face:) If this ever DOES happen, think of me, I assume that this will sound foolish to some, but it happened because God answered my prayer! One day I will see your children in heaven and they will be full of joy and we will look at each other and we will just know. I pray that I see you all there! NEVER say never. One more thing, I love all of you with the love of Jesus Christ!
2007-08-20 12:42:36 · update #2
My children are free to choose whatever set of beliefs they want to if it enables them to feel comfortable in the world and with themselves. I know plenty of good Christians and if my children were like them I'd be happy.
If they tried to convince me that god is real, however, I'd worry that I'd failed to convince them that that was the lost cause among lost causes.
2007-08-20 11:57:59 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not atheist but agnostic. My children have asked about God and I attempt to answer as open-mindedly as possible. However, I teach them that I would prefer that they were old enough to make this decision for themselves. I do not believe that a child should be "brainwashed" to believe what the parents believe just because the parents believe it! This is a decision every INDIVIDUAL should make on their own in weighing all the facts & arguments.
2007-08-20 11:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by Rance D 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'd probably be cool with my child being a Christian. It depends on the age, though. If it's a six year old who just wants to be like everybody at school I might not be as accepting. If, on the other hand, my child is old enough to make his/her own decisions then they can believe in whatever they choose.
I'd even be ok with he/she trying to convince me, as long as they didn't push it too far if I disagreed.
2007-08-20 11:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My child has always been free to chose. Just as I was. I did educate him in the Bible, as I was a Christian at the time...barely. But we didn't go to church because I was over organized religion. He chose his own path and was one of those wise souls that knew from a young age what he believed and what he didn't.
atheist
2007-08-20 12:05:32 · answer #4 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the truth is far more plesant than the lies of christianity so I'm no worried... he does't seem close to ever giving into it...
RE: your adition... christianity and catholicism have a very hateful negative origin and history... it seems to me those claiming christianity is "good" look at me and mine are more like the sheep being led to the slaughter while defending the sheep in wolves clothing. because no matter what good you do, you still lend support to the "bad" which IS what the religion was created intended to serve in the first place.... the christians are the prophecied blind ones.
2007-08-20 12:34:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the unlikely event that a child brought up in an intelligent, free-thinking home decided to regress into the dark ages and believe in a 2000 year old, hypocritical novel, I would certainly let them make that decision. It's their life to waste.
2007-08-20 11:59:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
nothing. It's really up to them to decide which religion they choose. Some people find comfort in the god myth. I understand that, i used to find comfort in that same myth myself but now i realize it was a luxury i can no longer afford. But again, if my child can afford to live in a fairy tale, that's ok. She/he will still be my child who just happens to hold different beliefs from me
2007-08-20 12:01:10 · answer #7 · answered by uz 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My child can believe whatever they want, but they would not try to convert me because I will raise them to have respect for others, appreciate differences, and to know that you cannot control or influence others with your own feelings.
Oh and...a belief in god does not make you an automatic card carrying christian....
2007-08-20 11:56:10 · answer #8 · answered by All I Hear Is Blah Blah Blah... 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
i'd assume that they were pissed off at me for not buying them a bike or something.
seriously, i know the nice answer is i'd be ok with it and let them make their own decisions but i wouldn't be happy, in the same way i wouldn't be happy if i sent them to a really good school and they didn't learn anything.
2007-08-20 12:06:32 · answer #9 · answered by AJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, a prerequisite for being an atheist is that you can look at things objectively and as thus you can tell reality from fairy tails.
That being said, your question is moot as it would never happen.
2007-08-20 11:57:45 · answer #10 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋