(February 20, 2018 at 12:22 am)Chad32 Wrote:(February 19, 2018 at 2:10 pm)LuisDantas Wrote: My best guess is for most of those it is not nearly so much a matter of belief as it is of avoiding trigger words and subjects that might lead to unpleasant confrontations with family and friends.
Many Catholics (and probably other Christians and Muslims) do not even necessarily believe in God exactly, but still prefer to go through the motions if that is what it takes for a measure of mutual acceptance and cooperation to be established in their social circles.
I suspect that it is a very common thing among children.
I think that's what my parents do. I'm quite certain they don't go to church regularly, or read the bible, but they don't want me feeding my nieces atheistic information either because my sister wants to raise them christian. To them it's just something you pay lip service to, and not much else.
That would not be unusual.
I find it sad, though. It must be painful to feel so fragile on what one teaches to their own children that there is an actual perceived need to keep them ignorant of dissenting viewpoints.
I don't think it reflects a lot of respect towards those daughters, either.
Morituri Delendi!
