Or, if you are the only atheist in your family (like me), would you trust that your family would uphold your wishes and not force their beliefs down his throat?
2007-10-23 03:20:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just a loving family
He's old enough by now to distinguish between things well enough
He knows I don't believe in god but he also knows if he wants me to take him to church I will
(he did once and it was brutal but the things you put up with for your kids......)
besides, most of us probably grew up with religion shoved down our throats but they loved us, took care of us and had the best of intentions. In the end we turned out fine.
2007-10-23 03:24:52 · answer #1 · answered by Jenae, TV (tempter of the vile) 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i would choose someone that would be loving and uphold your wishes. most family members will uphold wishes. this also has to be someone the child trusts and cares about as well. they would be dealing with alto loosing a parent so they would need a strong support.
2007-10-23 05:14:32 · answer #2 · answered by Amers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of my relatives are equipped to handle my 3 children if something were to happen to me and my husband. both of our parents are too old to have to take on kids full time so that would be out, and our siblings aren't the most responsible people on the planet.
We have chosen some very close friends to become legal guardians in case of death. They do happen to be the same religion as us but that's not why we chose them. They also happen to be the most loving wonderful family.
2007-10-23 03:36:38 · answer #3 · answered by gumby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
surprising question. Why? each and every person would be examined by making use of god, to make certain how stable their faith will carry. This guy or woman prays, fasts, does this, does that, facilitates others. yet what if a disaster befell to him? How could he react? could he lessen over and blame god, and say that he has performed this and that, and god didnt do something? or Will he compliment the lord, ask forgiveness, and thank him for all of the best that God has extra to him in his life. those are the checks that "Muslims" bypass decrease than by making use of god. Any disaster is seen a attempt from god. How could you react? could you maintain your faith stable? or could you ruin down? . those are the checks that make certain mans faith of god. to boot. we can all die. and anybody has their time. And their isn't any changing destiny. God won't in any respect attempt somebody understanding that he "Cant" bypass that attempt. The greater non secular and honest, he's the greater appropriate attempt is given.
2016-10-07 11:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If my husband and I die together then our children will go to family members that are Christians and will raise our children in a Christian home. Why? Because our other options are one sibling that is suicidal, does drugs, and is in a lesbian relationship that our children feel uncomfortable being around;or a sibling that gives her kids to an ex-husband that is an alcoholic and drives with her kids while he is drunk, her children deserve better, but that would mean that she would have them all year instead of 9 days every two weeks. Our children deserve better treatment than what my siblings have to offer and I want my children raised by people that believe they will have to answer to God about how they treated our children. (I may feel differently if my siblings had better judgment or weren't so dangerous, but they are so that is how I feel.)
2007-10-23 03:30:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
depends on the age of the child. I would think that after a certain age my kid would already be firm in his/her beliefs & even if they lived with someone else with a different religion, they wouldn't shake my child down. No one in my family practices their religion as much as I do, and I would want them to go with family.
2007-10-23 03:28:28 · answer #6 · answered by freefromthecircuitry 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not just that our families lack reverence for God and our Savior but they also are lacking in skills to raise productive, morally sound children that can make a contribution to the world (this has already proven to be so, sadly). So we have a chosen close friends that raise their children in a similar manner as we are.
So, since there are no rules governing this, chose whom you want for your own personal reasons.
2007-10-23 03:34:28 · answer #7 · answered by HumanBaby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm pagan here and my children will always follow their own paths n life no matter what. and if it's shoved down their throats, in the end, they're intelligent enough to make their own choices about religion and go where their hears desire. down with religious zealots!
2007-10-23 12:29:14 · answer #8 · answered by Felix Arcanus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would want my son to go to a relative who I know would love him and care for him, regardless of their religious beliefs.
A stable loving upbringing is the foundation for a healthy adulthood, that would be the basis of my choice, not religion.
2007-10-23 03:26:59 · answer #9 · answered by HP 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't really care what their religion was as long as they were open-minded and did not follow it in a repressive way. Kids will make their own decisions on these things; I certainly did.
2007-10-23 03:24:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋