RE: My thoughts on Religion: Christianity
November 9, 2009 at 2:02 pm
(This post was last modified: November 9, 2009 at 2:06 pm by rjh4 is back.)
(November 9, 2009 at 11:36 am)Darwinian Wrote: I would argue that there is a huge gulf between telling your children what you believe and making them believe what you believe. Would you consider telling your children that although you believe in God they don't have to?
I agree and I, personally, do not know of a way to "make" a child believe what I believe. Even saying you believe something because someone forces you into it does not mean that you actually believe. So I certainly hope I have not taught my children to say that they are Christians if they themselves had not made that decision. That would be counterproductive, even from my viewpoint. I think I have been diligent in letting them know that putting their trust in Jesus has to be their decision and that nobody else can make that decision for them. I hope that sufficiently answers your question.
(November 9, 2009 at 9:39 am)Scott Anonymous Wrote: How am I disagreeing with my statement? I said my parents taught me the controversy.
You say: "Which way we stride is solely reliant on how we’re brought up and I stand by this resolute. "
Then you say you are a secular humanist.
These two statements seem to imply that you are a secular humanist solely because of how you were brought up. Maybe I misunderstood. Is that what you meant?
