I still beg to differ. Though, perhaps I have a different perspective on what ‘religion’ is as I don’t consider myself religious. But before we end up arguing over trivial things, I think I’ll leave it here!

Cool wee site you’ve set up
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Thanks for your response.

Maybe I didn’t make myself clear because I wasn’t saying that children shouldn’t be taught about god. Quite the contrary; I’m all for education and the more we can teach our children, the better. What I said was I don’t think children need religion in order to grown up healthy, happy, and moral.

There are a couple of points that I want to raise in response to your post. First and foremost I think your point that “children need God… to be complete” isn’t fair and I personally know a number of Atheists whose children are just as complete as any other kids.

Second, I think it’s perfectly rational to have a belief system and yet still teach your children about the merits of all faiths, without bias and without coercion. This doesn’t make you a hypocrite. If anything, it promotes an understanding of the varieties that makes the world an interesting and beautiful place.

Susan, it’s nice to have you visit our site and thanks for sharing your views. I hope you’ll continue to drop by.

I was brought up in a Christian home and have never felt manipulated or indoctrinated. When it came to making my own decision to be a Christian or not, I am very grateful to my parents for helping me learn from an early age how to have a relationship with God. Starting from scratch would have been much more difficult. Being taught ‘religion’ as you say hasn’t limited my understanding of different viewpoints out there. I am aware of how other people live and their choices just as much as you would be and do tend to think of myself and accepting and open minded.

All in all, what kind of hypocrite would I be if I practice one thing and teach my children another? I will definitely be teaching my children about the love of the God who created them.