Oh my gravity. Look, salty:
Your kids would see you praying and think it was totally normal, but mine would see you praying and ask you a million questions about what you're doing, why, etc.
At the end of the questioning, they might try praying for themselves as an experiment, but with a skeptics mind they will see very quickly that it does as much good as the lucky horseshoe, or a rabbits foot. The feeling you get when you pray can be attributed to a number of neurological occurrences, all of them caused by the power of thought. If you think praying helps you, great, but I am teaching my children to handle hard times in realistic, but healthy ways.
1.) Talking to a real person, who they trust and seeking advice.
2.) Expressing themselves through various forms of art.
3.) Physical activity to perhaps relieve aggression.
4.) Having some time alone with their thoughts, and even writing it all down.
5.) Helping others who are in need.
There are countless ways to get through things without prayer, and these things actually help.
When my daughter's kitten was found dead this morning, I totally understood how/why this fantasy world of religion came about. The kitten was a rescue, and he had Fading kitten syndrome, but we thought since he was eating a lot and seemed to be improving, that we had brought him back. Unfortunately, mother nature thought differently. My daughter was beyond upset. She had worked really hard to take care of him, and became quite attached. I could've, I suppose, filled her head with images of a comforting place where the soul of her kitty now lives in paradise forever, and in her grief, she probably wouldn't have questioned me.
Instead, I sat her down and explained to her the circle of life. I told her that her kitten will never again feel pain, and he will live as long as she lives as long as she keeps him in her heart. Four million and one questions later she was fine, and even threw the first bit of dirt onto the kittens little makeshift coffin.
Life can be lived without the fallacies of the bible. Children can understand how the real world works. Some people think they need their faith from which to draw strength, but really, all you need is understanding to be at peace.
Your kids would see you praying and think it was totally normal, but mine would see you praying and ask you a million questions about what you're doing, why, etc.
At the end of the questioning, they might try praying for themselves as an experiment, but with a skeptics mind they will see very quickly that it does as much good as the lucky horseshoe, or a rabbits foot. The feeling you get when you pray can be attributed to a number of neurological occurrences, all of them caused by the power of thought. If you think praying helps you, great, but I am teaching my children to handle hard times in realistic, but healthy ways.
1.) Talking to a real person, who they trust and seeking advice.
2.) Expressing themselves through various forms of art.
3.) Physical activity to perhaps relieve aggression.
4.) Having some time alone with their thoughts, and even writing it all down.
5.) Helping others who are in need.
There are countless ways to get through things without prayer, and these things actually help.
When my daughter's kitten was found dead this morning, I totally understood how/why this fantasy world of religion came about. The kitten was a rescue, and he had Fading kitten syndrome, but we thought since he was eating a lot and seemed to be improving, that we had brought him back. Unfortunately, mother nature thought differently. My daughter was beyond upset. She had worked really hard to take care of him, and became quite attached. I could've, I suppose, filled her head with images of a comforting place where the soul of her kitty now lives in paradise forever, and in her grief, she probably wouldn't have questioned me.
Instead, I sat her down and explained to her the circle of life. I told her that her kitten will never again feel pain, and he will live as long as she lives as long as she keeps him in her heart. Four million and one questions later she was fine, and even threw the first bit of dirt onto the kittens little makeshift coffin.
Life can be lived without the fallacies of the bible. Children can understand how the real world works. Some people think they need their faith from which to draw strength, but really, all you need is understanding to be at peace.
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