(June 22, 2010 at 6:14 am)British_Atheist Wrote: This is an honest question, to see if my parents actions/views would be commonplace among other atheists. I know this is not a big enough sample, but go with me here, please. If they don't apply, go wih a hypothetical, please?I don't plan on having any, but if I did, I would teach them about religions and about why people believe in them. I would teach them to be skeptical and question things. I would teach them about evidence versus faith, stuff like that.
1. If you have/had children, how would you raise them with regards to religion and spirituality?
Quote:2. How would you react if they wanted to explore religion?I would be shocked, and ask a lot of questions, the types we ask believers here on the internet. I would concentrate my efforts more than on the net though, since my kid would of course be more important to me.
Quote:3. How would you react if they came to a belief in a deity or deities, and converted to a religion?Anger, sadness, and a furious effort to (verbally) shake some sense into them.
I'm really shitty at giving kudos and rep. That's because I would be inconsistent in remembering to do them, and also I don't really want it to show if any favouritism is happening. Even worse would be inconsistencies causing false favouritisms to show. So, fuck it. Just assume that I've given you some good rep and a number of kudos, and everyone should be happy...
