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Quote: from Fortis Obscurum at 5:01 am on July 22, 2008

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It is wrong to teach children lies.

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I would say it is wrong to teach children things that are not true, but that someone who in good faith and having made a sincere effort to discover the truth believes what they are teaching is true cannot be blamed for their errors.

I don't think religious people bring up their children are deliberately lying to their children.

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You should let them choose what they want to believe, rather than influencing them with your views.

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What I do think is wrong though, is when you then try to force them into believing something that they may not want to have any part with believing in.

I think children need to have the choice of what they want to follow in at a young age, and I think that they should be able to have the opportunities to experience various religious aspects before pinpoint just one as the sole keeper of their beliefs. I think that this decision shouldn't really be up to the parental figures; they are more so just creating guidelines for their children to roughly follow for a few years of their lives.

Post edited at 8:47 pm on July 26, 2008 by LostInTheClouds

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it's not wrong... but it's wrong to teach them lies as truth.

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Oh quit. There is no way to know who's right, so just stop.

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Quote: from Lepperking at 5:04 am on July 22, 2008

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You should let them choose what they want to believe, rather than influencing them with your views.

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So if they want to believe that pedophilia is acceptable, that injecting heroin is a good way to avoid unpleasant emotions and that walking into a busy road without looking is not dangerous - you shouldn't try and influence them at all?

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What the hell do drugs and walking into a busy street have to do with religion? That involves common sense, not religious beliefs.

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I was brought up in a household that wasn't necessarily atheist, but we were never really religious.

My parents just raised me to be a good person who is open-minded and kind to others.

I ended up converting to Christianity on my own, but I'm a fairly liberal Christian - I believe in being a good PERSON before a good Christian and I don't really use the Bible as my own personal guide.

I think that kind of household is the best, but people are going to do what they want.

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I don't see how it's wrong to bring up a child with the parents' beliefs, and bringing them up without religion isn't any different from bringing them up with it, it's just different beliefs. When they are mature enough, they can decide for themselves what they want to believe.

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I agree that it's not wrong to bring them up with faith.  When they are old enough they will decide for themself if they want to continue in faith.

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