Absolutely not! My ex-wife is trying to raise my kids religious.. so I do the most destructive thing I can to her teachings.. I teach them logic, and freethinking. The result.. my son has learned to play the game, he lets her think he's religious to avoid her wrath, then laughs at her stupidity with me.. I wish it didn't result in him thinking less of her.. but he sees a lie when one's told to him.
I took them to the Unitarians to teach them the religions of the world
I didn't raise my children religious. I told them some people believe in various gods, but I don't, I tried to teach them critical thinking,but left it to them to decide for themselves.
No. As a teacher I'm more concerned with raising independant thinkers than go-along-with-the-crowd robots.
Absolutely, positively not. To me, the idea of teaching a child to believe in god "just to fit in" teaches them that it's better to be liked than to be true to yourself. It also breeds confusion and mistrust.
Is God the truth?? don't think so.
No.. on the contrary raise him in the truth with the hope he can share it with friends.
No, I would raise my kids to believe in whatever they want, if they choose not to believe in anything that is okay too.
NO, and we have paid for it in damage to my children and grandkids in Cuero, Texas. My daughter had to move to Austin for my granddaughter to be treated better
I did raise my children religious just to fit in I hate to admit it now but I did my wife x wife for 20 years was and still is a Christian I was never a Christian but I sure tried hard to be one it would just be much easier life if I was haha but not going to happen fortunately my kids are not Christians today in their forties.
No way! If I had children, and thank the lard I don't, I'd raise them full metal jacket atheist. However, if they got interested in learning about religion, I wouldn't deter them, but I wouldn't join them in a church either. Never betray yourself just because others may ostracize you; they're not your friends anyway.
Definitely not. I have 3 kids. Two are in their twenties now, and my youngest is 6. I taught the first two that religion was a personal choice, and then gave them all of the facts I could find on different religions, celebrated different religious traditions with them, etc. and they both became atheists. My youngest stayed in an at home daycare where his very sweet but very religious care provider taught him to pray before meals and told him that thunder was "god playing soccer". Between that and the increasingly unacceptable behavior of the religious, I have just told my youngest that religion is something people have made up.
All four of my grown children are atheists.
That's pretty cool, I wish I could say the same. Congratulations
That's very cool. I too, have 4 that are all non religious. I simply introduced them to as many cultures as I could, encouraged the study of history and human nature. I'm proud of them.
Of course not. That would be immoral. Make sure they know all about the various religions, and give them your point of view (as RE classes in the UK are usually taught by a religious person - usually a christian - so they will miss out on the various viewpoints other than the teacher's).