Would you be angry if one of your child's school chums was an Atheist and convinced you child that God does not exist?
2007-11-24 14:26:31 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-11-24 14:31:48 · update #1
Omg!!! I said it was a child not a teacher!
2007-11-24 14:35:53 · update #2
I'm not worried about it. My boys know God. He is in their lives. If someone told them that He isn't real they would set them straight.
Let me ask you a question, if one of your children's friends told them that you didn't exist, would you be worried? You wouldn't be worried because your kids know you, it would be ridiculous for them to do other wise. That's how it is if you know God. I can't explain it any better.
2007-11-24 16:16:10 · answer #1 · answered by Mir 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't be angry.
I would be a little concerned.
I would want to go through all the points his friend made and give my child all the points I can make.
Teach him about apologetics, show him the spirituality on science. Teach him about the prophecies and their fulfilment.
annnnddd...ask him to clean his room.
All in a days work for a mom. Doubt is a part of the CHristian faith. I wouldn't stop my son frombelieiving his own thing, but I would most certainly tell him why I believe what I believe.
Atheists tell people why they believe what they believe.
Christians should be allowed to do the same, yet when we do...its called "In-doctrinating".
2007-11-24 14:32:12 · answer #2 · answered by treemeadow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have free will. We have the right to choose,what to believe. your child will be able to do that when the child turns 18.You can only set a good example during the time you have .provide information by leaving it around. but don't apply pressure.Continue to show the child you love them ,don't judge them yet. they still have much to learn.answer any questions they ask. If you don't know the answer, use that opportunity, for both of you to share time together by looking it up.and then discuss what you have learned.keep being patient.children need friends.and need to socialize. as parents we cant protect them from all things.my own sons ,did the same thing as they grew up. now they have found the right road for them and their children. good luck.
2007-11-24 14:57:15 · answer #3 · answered by undercover angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a Christian, but a Jew. If some child in my son's school had been able to do that, I'd have know that the only person at fault was ME, for not doing my job as a parent to teach him what we as Jews believe! Religious teaching of any ilk does not belong in a public school, but if a child was trying that, I'm the only one at fault, for not addressing the subject long before my child had a chance to be confronted by people who believe in a way that I didn't want my son to believe.
2007-11-24 14:31:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question. My son is only 6. But I think our religious grounds are strong enough for him not to think otherwise. The parent has to question how good of a job did they do in teaching their child that there is a God. I would be upset though.
2007-11-24 14:35:04 · answer #5 · answered by special k 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If someone could convince my child that God does not exist, then I haven't done my job as a parent.
2007-11-24 14:46:36 · answer #6 · answered by janejane 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Upset? Maybe a little....
I would be more worried that my kid will go to hell.
But, the Bible says "If you train up a child in the way they should go, they shall not depart from it."
So this being said, I would be on my knees overtime, having faith that God will deal with my childs heart and his friend's.
More than likely it would just be an act of rebellion to fit in.
God always has a way of bringing the lost sheep back to the herd.....
2007-11-24 14:40:45 · answer #7 · answered by Misti M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think I would be upset, not angry. I would also have to look at how proactive I had been about teaching my children about the faith of his/her parents.
If you don't take your kid to church, you don't show them what being a child of God is about - thru your own life, then you really can't be upset when they turn away from faith.
My SIL would tell her kids not to do drugs, but she smoked pot in front of them their whole lives, then wondered why they do drugs. Same concept.
2007-11-24 14:50:27 · answer #8 · answered by Sister blue eyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. But I would explain to my child that there are many religions with many viewpoints. I would sit with him/her and ask their opinions on a variety of religious subjects and then include my own as well as possible views of other religions. Then point out to your child they must stand on their own two feet and make their own decisions about life and not absorb one person's beliefs at face value like a sponge. Remind him/her that many great minds have at one time opposed religion only to find truth and solace from it. Remind him legions of humans have searched for the answer only to realize that faith alone is all there is.
2007-11-24 14:36:36 · answer #9 · answered by babs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because I know that my prayer for my child would bring him back to God. I never get mad over my child's decisions, whether I agree with them or not, this is how they learn. Of course, my children are no longer in school and young adults.
2007-11-24 14:33:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Angry, perhaps. I think I would be more upset knowing that there is a chance that "my child" might not be saved. I also would be a little sad that this child of mine did not stand up for his faith and believe it, instead of believing a kid from school.
2007-11-24 14:30:21 · answer #11 · answered by * 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋