(July 25, 2019 at 10:36 am)tackattack Wrote:(July 23, 2019 at 5:50 pm)Losty Wrote:Kids bully, and people judge. Giving into peer pressure or compromising your beliefs aren't going to stop that because people also love to steam roll over perceived weakness. Oh, and I think I would, but with my privilege and bias it's hard to know for certain.
It’s probably a little different because, as a Christian, you have beliefs. I have beliefs to, but they have nothing to do with atheism. That’s just a lack of belief. Joining a prayer is just as much “compromising my beliefs” as pretending to believe in Santa for the sake of someone else’s kid. It doesn’t compromise my beliefs at all. I would never encourage my children to compromise their beliefs. And I would never pressure my children to say or not say a prayer regardless of their beliefs. If they want to say a prayer so other kids won’t think they’re weirdos then that’s cool with me and if they choose not to say a prayer because they think prayer is silly and they don’t care what other kids think, that’s fine too. What isn’t fine is an adult putting them in that situation in the first place. I don’t care if it’s about religion, financial status, or whatever other thing...it’s just never okay for an adult to put a child in a situation that makes them uncomfortable or sets them up for getting picked on.
