(October 31, 2016 at 5:12 pm)Casca Wrote: My wife and I are having our first child soon (she's due last week of December). We fully intend to raise our daughter secular, but I am unsure of how to handle social situations when she gets older: like if her friends are religious, or if she's excluded from social gatherings because of it.
Do you have children, and did you raise them Atheist? Did you run into any obstacles?
If you don't, what would you do? Religion, no religion, or expose them to everything and let them decide?
In my opinion:
Teach her the values that are important to you. When she grows up a little bit she'll get to the point where she'll reevaluate everything for herself and decide whether she wants to stay atheist or possibly explore a little spirituality of some sort. Teach her to have tolerance and respect for those who believe differently than her. And teach her that if anyone has an issue with what she does or doesn't believe, that's their problem.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
