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A question for atheists
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RE: A question for atheists
(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?

1. If you have/had children, how would you raise them with regards to religion and spirituality?

2. How would you react if they wanted to explore religion?

3. How would you react if they came to a belief in a deity or deities, and converted to a religion?

1. I have raised them to be open minded and to have a sense of curiosity about the universe around them. Neither of them are religious, in fact they are quite atheist, although unlike most of us I suspect the subject never really enters their lives, apart from my daughter to a certain degree.

2. My daughters favourite lessons at school are Religious Education and Religious Studies. Not because she is religious but instead because she is simply fascinated with the subject and also loves her teacher. In fact, at a recent parents evening her teacher said that although she was one of her best pupils she should really try to form her arguments more carefully rather than just go off on a rant about how ridiculous peoples beliefs are Big Grin

3. I have faith that will never happen. But if it did then the last thing I would do would be to get angry or try to make them see sense etc. All I can do is to give them the best start in life I can and then be there for them if needed. Great
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A question for atheists - by British_Atheist - June 22, 2010 at 6:14 am
RE: A question for atheists - by Zen Badger - June 22, 2010 at 6:36 am
RE: A question for atheists - by xangelusx - June 22, 2010 at 9:13 am
RE: A question for atheists - by KichigaiNeko - June 22, 2010 at 9:22 am
RE: A question for atheists - by Eilonnwy - June 22, 2010 at 11:17 am
RE: A question for atheists - by Minimalist - June 22, 2010 at 12:56 pm
RE: A question for atheists - by VoiceOfReason - June 22, 2010 at 9:47 pm
RE: A question for atheists - by Ace Otana - June 23, 2010 at 9:02 am
RE: A question for atheists - by binny - June 23, 2010 at 11:41 am
RE: A question for atheists - by Scented Nectar - June 23, 2010 at 8:15 pm
RE: A question for atheists - by chasm - June 28, 2010 at 9:14 pm
RE: A question for atheists - by Elspamo - July 6, 2010 at 3:58 am
RE: A question for atheists - by theVOID - July 6, 2010 at 4:15 am
RE: A question for atheists - by mem - July 6, 2010 at 8:06 am
RE: A question for atheists - by Cego_Colher - July 6, 2010 at 12:27 pm
RE: A question for atheists - by Darwinian - July 6, 2010 at 12:47 pm
RE: A question for atheists - by fr0d0 - July 8, 2010 at 11:34 am
RE: A question for atheists - by strattosphere - July 8, 2010 at 9:06 am
RE: A question for atheists - by Nitsuj - July 16, 2010 at 12:01 pm
RE: A question for atheists - by TheDarkestOfAngels - July 18, 2010 at 1:34 pm
RE: A question for atheists - by Super Cynic - July 21, 2010 at 5:11 pm
RE: A question for atheists - by Paul the Human - July 21, 2010 at 5:25 pm
RE: A question for atheists - by The Omnissiunt One - July 21, 2010 at 5:38 pm

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