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Old 11-01-2005, 10:02 PM
benjdm benjdm is offline
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Default Re: To Atheists or Agnostics with children......

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I absolutely want her to believe in God as my life would likely have been a lot easier, and the dying process certainly less anguishing If I believed in God. In no way, shape or form do I want her to anguish over the thought of death being final ( even if I do). Certainly most of her beliefs will be formed by herself, or after I am gone but nonetheless I dont know how I will answer her questions.

Right now, I pray with her every night, even though I have never prayed Until I had her.

I am just curious what you guys tell your children.

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Well, my daughter is not yet 2, so I haven't told her much yet. My wife is a deist / no specific religion. So we will probably tell her some general things about what different people believe and what Mom and Dad personally believe and why. But I plan to not under-equip her to deal with reality by teaching her things that may be comforting but I don't think to be true.
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