(August 6, 2017 at 10:51 pm)Jenny A Wrote: I have two girls. One has just turned 18, the other is 20. I am atheist. Thier father is deist. My mother is very religious. My father went half way through seminary but died agnostic or at least he was non practicing. My in laws are Christian but not dramatically.
We let the girls go to church with grandparents. We let them have the religious books, videos and toys grandparents gave them. We let them go to church. We talked about both the cultural importance of those things, and also why we didn't believe in them. We talked more seriously after the girls passed ten or so.
The result? One child believed for a few years. The other never did. The one who believed is the more forceful atheist, but they are both atheists.
Don't lie to your kids. Don't hid others' beliefs either.
Talk to your wife about this and be open about what you each believe and why.
I am going to let things run there course. I'll let the boys make up their own mind. If they ask me flat out, i'll tell the truth. I like to think that I am teaching them to think critically, I all ways ask them about motivations. When you can see both sides of an argument it is usually evident which chose is good for you and others.
