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Have we asked theists what they'd do if their kids turned out like us?

Poll: If the teenaged child you'd raised to hold the same religious views as yourself came to you and said they no longer shared those beliefs, how would you handle it?
This poll is closed.
C'est la vie; win some, lose some.
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 1 3.57%
I'd respect their choice whether or not to attend customary religious activities or the atheist equivalent. (Is there one? Skepticism day camp?)
25.00%
 7 25.00%
I'd try my best to understand what had changed in their thinking and to understand their new beliefs.
28.57%
 8 28.57%
I would do my best to reason with them to dissuade them from leaving the beliefs they were raised in.
14.29%
 4 14.29%
While they are my dependents I'd still expect them to participate in the culture of the family, including religiously themed activities or their skepticism themed alternative - if there is one.
10.71%
 3 10.71%
I would not accept their decision and forbid them to speak of it.
0%
 0 0%
I would throw them out of the house and have nothing more to do with them.
3.57%
 1 3.57%
If their beliefs did not change by the time they were independent, I would likely have less to do with them than I would otherwise.
0%
 0 0%
I would end them. If God/reason can't have them, neither will Satan/a cult.
0%
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Fuck all polls in the ass .. yada, yada, yada.
14.29%
 4 14.29%
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Have we asked theists what they'd do if their kids turned out like us?
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RE: Have we asked theists what they'd do if their kids turned out like us?
December 5, 2016 at 5:28 pm
My two oldest daughters have followed their mother into Evangelical Christianity, which is not surprising since that is how they were raised. My second daughter seems more involved in it than my oldest, which is probably attributable to the influence of my oldest daughter's husband, who goes along to get along but is fairly skeptical about it all. It rankles to see them buy such nonsense, but it's their choice and I don't interfere. That said, I also don't play the relativist and pretend that I admire their choice. They know what I think about it, and we have agreed to disagree and leave it at that. I will focus on doing what I can to mitigate the damage with my grandchildren and encourage critical thinking in whatever ways I can.

My third daughter and my son are both atheists.
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Have we asked theists what they'd do if their kids turned out like us?

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RE: Have we asked theists what they'd do if their kids turned out like us? - by Crossless1 - December 5, 2016 at 5:28 pm

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