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This thread is inspired by the tv show "can of worms". But anyway:
1. Teach them about God/s and try to prove to them that there is a God.
2. Teach them the is no God/s and try to prove to them that there si no God.
3. Wait till they are at an old enough age, give them relevant materials and let them decide.
I am with No. 3 but i would still take them to church mainly to see what religious life is like but i wouldnt tell them one way or another till they are atleast 12. While belief one way or another is reversible, i think telling a child what to believe is wrong. Which is why i would struggle for a child to be told a dinosaur is x million years old because it isnt a schools right to tell kids what they should believe. Same goes for the tooth fairy, but i dont like decieving my child(if i ever have one) by putting money under thier pillow and allowing them to think that the tooth fairy put it there.
1. Teach them about God/s and try to prove to them that there is a God.
2. Teach them the is no God/s and try to prove to them that there si no God.
3. Wait till they are at an old enough age, give them relevant materials and let them decide.
I am with No. 3 but i would still take them to church mainly to see what religious life is like but i wouldnt tell them one way or another till they are atleast 12. While belief one way or another is reversible, i think telling a child what to believe is wrong. Which is why i would struggle for a child to be told a dinosaur is x million years old because it isnt a schools right to tell kids what they should believe. Same goes for the tooth fairy, but i dont like decieving my child(if i ever have one) by putting money under thier pillow and allowing them to think that the tooth fairy put it there.
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