what would you do if your kid said he will not go to church any more as god is not real?

Answer 1

Leave him alone.

If you're his parent, and your child refuses to go to church on the grounds that God does not exist, he obviously go this idea from his view of Christianity, which he would have received primarily from his parent.

Respect his belief and let him get on with his life. Let him come back to Christianity himself if he wants, and if not, who are you to force him? You can't force beliefs, and only the ignorant try to do so.

Answer 2

Going to church and not believing in God are two seperate issues. My focus would be on why he does not believe in God. I would start a dialogue on that basis, and challenge him by means of a competition to find evidence God does exist for himself.
Start with creation and scientific evidence that cannot disprove the creation account. Give him a chance to explore on that line of thought and see what he comes up with. Or the different Bible accounts that scientists once thought were only stories until archeological evidence was found to support the Biblical record.

Invite him to share his reasons without fear of hurting your feelings. You might learn that his belief in God is in tact, but perhaps the need to develope a personal relationship with God has not been met. Getting to know and appreciate God's qualities of Love,Justice,Wisdom and Power one by one can help him to better understand God and his purpose for mankind.
Be patient, don't react instead take positive action and control your feelings about the matter. Ask, don't tell. Listen and let him get curious enough to ask you. What's more don't stop setting the example yourself.

Answer 3

After the shock resided, my action would be dependent upon his age. If he's old enough to stay at home while I'm at church, then I'd let him stay home, but be praying up a storm at church that his mind would be open and his heart tender to the truth...because God is Real!

I wouldn't want to shove loving God in his face. That wouldn't do me any good. In fact, God doesn't shove Himself in anyone's face either. He is a perfect gentleman and allows each one of us to either come to Him or not. (Mind you, there are consequences to the not...but I guess you can worry about those when you die if you want. I wouldn't want to, though.)

If my child is too young to stay by themselves then he's probably just rebelling. I obviously can't leave him home and I'm not missing church too. I won't allow my child to dictate what I know is the best thing for my family. If the subject was different (in other words, it wasn't regarding God) then I'm sure many more of you would agree with me too.

Either way, I'd be in constant Prayer!

Answer 4

I would tell the kid that if they are at the point when they decide where they are going and when, then they are are at the point where they can take care of themselves and they can begin packing their bags. Otherwise they will go where you say. As a parent you are not telling them what to believe but you are telling them where to go.

I tried it once when I was a kid but not because I didn't believe in God but because I wanted to watch WWF Wrestling on t.v.!

Answer 5

Well, after I handed his head back to him ....No seriously, I would sit down and have a talk with him. Ask him how he came to the conclusion.
I would keep a Bible close to be able to use scripture. And I would pray before I talked to him.
All I would really try to do is get an understanding of what he's going through so as to better understand where he needs to be strengthened.
Be flexible. Be firm.

Answer 6

Why are atheists answering this question? They would not be taking their kid to church or telling him about God anyway.

Answer 7

sit them down and talk calmly and openly with them about their beliefs. don't try to debate with them or persuade them, just question them gently and give them questions that make them think. ask them why they think this and how long they've believed this way and what made them believe this. buy them a book on world religions and get friends of other beliefs to take the kid to temple/mosque/other place of belief. and accept their religious choices, whatever they may be. unless the kid becomes some kind of fundie christian, in which case, think about what went wrong.

but honestly, all it means is that your kid is exploring different paths. they might not choose atheism for good, but let them explore. the choice is theirs. they might choose to go back to church, they might choose to start attending some other kind of religious service, they might choose atheism. it's all okay.

Answer 8

Take them out side and ask him how the planets and every thing just happened to get into orbits that keep them just where they need to be. Ask him how to make a simple life form, ask him if science can duplicate that. If science cannot create a simple life form out the elements then how did life evolve to start with?

Answer 9

there are a lot of strange cruel people in church ! Why force it at the moment? if "your kid " is scared or abused there why should they attend?
And is your "kid " a Believer ?
Do you know what that is ?

Please see my Q A 's for more info --they may help

Be Blessed

Jon

Answer 10

I would sit down and ask him/her why they felt this way and what led them to believe this. I would say that they need to pray about it and study his/her scriptures when he/she has done that and he/she still felt that way I would say that it is his/her choice and I would in no way FORCE him/her to go to church because this just creates hatred of parents and religion later in life(how do you think athiests came about).