(March 9, 2015 at 10:10 am)Nope Wrote: Parents are responsible for making a lot of important choices for their children. Religion can sometimes be part of the culture of a certain region that parents might want to pass on to their children. At the same time, adolescents should be allowed to reject their parents' religion without having to fear that they will be thrown out of the house. I have known families that spend every weekend, Sunday morning and evening in church and also take part in their church's various celebrations. A lot of these parents have the mindset that their children will attend their religious functions if they live under their parents' roof. That means that their children are forced to spend a lot of time in church.
I thought it would be interesting to have a thread dedicated to the indoctrination of children in religion. How far is too far? If you are a theist, would you force your sixteen year old to attend church if they disagreed with your religious views?
I had a 1/2 house on this and it was the best. I was of course a devout Mormon till my discovery of my Sexual Orientation. But, I learned about the Church... But was never forced to do anything in particular. If I didn't want to go to Church it was like "whatever". They wanted me to go to Boy Scouts... I dropped out after 2 weeks.. They were a bit disappointed but didn't really push push push me. The coming out process is still to this day a difficult subject with my family. My mom is mostly secular and doesn't give to hoots about Mormonism. My dad on the other hand is a bit more into it. So.. I think parents should let them know about there personal faith but raise there child to develop there own faith or lack of faith..
