As a mother who has one grown child and one who is pretty much grown I raised them both without religion. I felt they should be free to make up their mind when they were old enough to do so. When they were little, even though we didn't talk about god or jesus or any of that crap they still believed in god. The outside world is a powerful place. Their friends believed in god and some of them went to church. They never really asked us about it and we kept our mouths shut. They both grew out of that belief, like their belief in Santa, but it took them longer to let go of Santa. He gave them stuff. God didn't do anything. I'm sure I have influenced them to some degree, but at least they both don't have delusions about the world in their heads. So atheist influencing their kids is not such a bad thing. They didn't grow up fearing they would go to hell if they touched their penis.
binny
