Child Indoctrination how to break

[BlackSwordsman]

Usually I hate having verses thrown at me, but in Buddhism the first thing I was told when entering, Do not believe anything you read, or anything you are told, come in to Buddhism questioning everything, be objective.

But no, I doubt I would return home a Christian my parent has accepted me it just took time.

I quoted one person and forgot to quote the others, my daughter is 6 my son is 7 my youngest is about 5, I'll say 5. His birthday is less than a month.

But my concern was them being around the extremist I mentioned. Nice lady, very friendly with the children but the stuff she says and teaches them are so off the wall. Stuff about not eating at night because it is a sin, how you cannot say the word "saturday" because that is a sin, and so on.

Thank you all for the positive feedback I recently saw a news story on tv where parents are starting to avoid religion and are teaching science instead.

Oh, you were serious?!?!

...and you do not see the hypocrisy in what your trying to do? (In short your trying to remove what you have identified as indoctrine, and are wanting to indoctrinate these kids with what you believe?) How long have you claimed Buddhism as your religion?

It seems like you missed a few major points, less manipulating people with the age of these kids, in helping you is now apart of the saddha.

Hypocrisy? I am teaching my children fairy tales are fairy tales, if you want to know fact learn science, if you decide fairy tales are real when you've grown up and educated yourself in different religions so be it, you will be accepted.

Actually we tell our kids point blank, but you probably didn't read through anything. We tell them you are too young to be any religion, please read through the posts before flying off the handle with Circular logic.

I've been Buddhist for awhile, my wife not so long but we tell our kids when asked, we do not believe a god, our "religion" is about kosen-rufu, which is world wide peace through inner peace, which we believe can only happen if everyone finds peace within themselves.

But that is nuts, I know it doesn't comply with Believe god or go to hell.

Our kids are not interested in Buddhism, they like the events but we tell them only once you've grown to hold understanding can you self identify but for now just enjoy being a child.

nuts right?


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Exactly, I told them when they are older if they wish to be religious in our house they must first study at least 4 religions. That way at the very least they have an understanding of how other cultures think and what those cultures believe.