My son is 27 and my daughter is 24. My wife is the type of Christian that doesn't attend church and doesn't care to talk about religion. She believes in the non-biblical all good and all loving God/Jesus that she remembers from her youth. I think it gives her bedtime prayers an imagined destination.
We never took the kids to church. There were no prayers before dinner and no indoctrination. The only time religion came up is when the kids would come home with a question based on some influence from outside the home. Before this morning I couldn't honestly say exactly what my children's specific thoughts were about religion. I still can't tell you what my son thinks although I know he doesn't attend church. It's simply that inconsequential.
This morning, my daughter affirmed that she doesn't believe. This came out as a simple matter of fact while she was sharing her frustration with extended family members pressuring her to baptize my 10 month old granddaughter. Knowing me, she preemptively told me that telling them all to fuck off wasn't an option for her. I told her to get the Methodists and Presbyterians involved to discuss this with other family members that are Pentecostal and Baptist. She should only consider the proposed baptism once they all agree on the course of action. Problem solved.
We never took the kids to church. There were no prayers before dinner and no indoctrination. The only time religion came up is when the kids would come home with a question based on some influence from outside the home. Before this morning I couldn't honestly say exactly what my children's specific thoughts were about religion. I still can't tell you what my son thinks although I know he doesn't attend church. It's simply that inconsequential.
This morning, my daughter affirmed that she doesn't believe. This came out as a simple matter of fact while she was sharing her frustration with extended family members pressuring her to baptize my 10 month old granddaughter. Knowing me, she preemptively told me that telling them all to fuck off wasn't an option for her. I told her to get the Methodists and Presbyterians involved to discuss this with other family members that are Pentecostal and Baptist. She should only consider the proposed baptism once they all agree on the course of action. Problem solved.
