Atheists. Its time to turn the spotlight on you.

[Pimppeter2]

"Inspired" by the Right of parents to force their religion on their children thread. I feel its time to turn the tables.

Try answering the question.

Atheists

Do Atheist parents have the right to force Atheism on their children?

How many of you will raise your child not to belive in a god?

How many of you will raise your child with knowledge of God? (Without making fun of it while you teach it.)

How many of you will take your children to church?

How many of you will raise your children to make their own decission, like you had?

How many think that your child will be Atheist?

Let's be honest. No matter what you do, your child will almost certainly be Athist. Because thats the house hold they grew up in. So did you think you forced it on them?

*Btw, I do hate Religious threads, but Im kinda pissd at the one sidedness of that other thread*

Since people appear to be blind, or have never been children.

[HEADING=2]Its a child, it cannot choose its own religion. Stop saying that. It can when its a teen, but how many 5 year old converts do you know?[/HEADING]

Spoiler: My answers

I grew up in a traditionally Greek Orthodox family. Going to church semi regularly. I was never really that devout. My mother was, so I would go to church with her to please her. I started questioning around the age of 12 and a little bit lower. Today, I still call myself Christian, but my feelings about religion can be sumerised by "there could be". I don't buy into many things the church says. Like the wrongness of homosexuallity and the "sort of" denial of evolution. I belive their might be a god, but my opinion wavers twords oneside or the other constantly. The reason I do belive in god is because of all the great things I have recived through prayer. Like my brother being diagnosed with somethin curable rather than fatal, which I know is just medicin but I am still thankfull for. Latly, my opinion has been more "who cares". I belive in being a good person on earth, and belive that if their is a god I will be rewarded for being a good person, not for being devout.

Anyway, thats a ramble on me.

Do Atheist parents have the right to force Atheism on their children?

No but I still think a majority of their kids will be Atheists, because they grew up in a Atheist household. I will raise my children to be good people. My wife can make them religious.


How many of you will raise your child not to belive in a god?
As above

How many of you will raise your child with knowledge of God? (Without making fun of it while you teach it.)
I will teach my child the concept of god. To help him make his decission.

How many of you will take your children to church?
Not frequently. My wife can take them more

How many of you will raise your children to make their own decission, like you had?
I will raise them Christian. But focus on being a good person over just belief. Then they can choose

How many think that your child will be Atheist?
Maybe, the world is a ever growing frightening place. If its hard for me to stay devout. it will probably be harder for them.

 

[TheLastCylon]

My child can choose their religion, or lack of. I have no right to force anything on them.

 

[Dioxide20]

Your not exactly new around here, so why the religious post?

 

[I Stomp on Kittens]

I'll let them believe what they want.. Are we going to do this thread one religion at a time?

 

[Pimppeter2]

Your not exactly new around here, so why the religious post?

Explained in OT. Onesided ness of the other guys thread

I'll let them believe what they want... Are we going to do this thread one religion at a time?

Atheism is not a religion.

 

[Snotnarok]

I'm not going to have kids but in the event that I wake up a dad or something, I'd probably do what my parents did, let them figure it out. I'm a firm believer in "believe what you want" so I'm sure I'd enforce that.

 

[Gxas]

I will do the same as my parents did for me; Not care. My mom really disagrees with my view on life but she won't do anything to change it because she knows it is wrong. Obviously, if my wife believes in something different she can do whatever she wants, to an extent of course. She can take them to church with her and send them to PSR or whatever the hell it's called. I just plan on sleeping in on Sundays. My children can go along with it and believe that I'll end up in hell and I am totally fine with that. It's just an easier way to talk to them about making their own decisions later in life when they are old enough to understand.

No matter what you do, someone will always think your views are wrong and try to change them. I'm going to be the stronger person and believe what I want to without forcing my views on anyone. Simple as that.

 

[boyvirgo666]

i choose the good ol' "ok fine. see this newspaper. read all of it. if you can think god exists afterwords then thats on you" method

 

[sneakypenguin]

I wonder if an atheist would let their 8 year old kid go to a church. I would say prolly not. But I doubt anyone here would come out and say it.

 

[Milkatron]

I'll raise my child in a secular household and teach him to be a decent human being, regardless of whatever religion he may choose. He/she will probably end up atheist because often times children do end up similar to their parents. He/she will have the final say in the end, however.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

I'll probably baptise him and make him take holy comunion like I did, despite the fact that neither me nor my parents are believers.

 

[AkJay]

I'm not going to be a white knight, so i will not push religion on them, if anything I'll push atheism in them because it's just such a hassle how many questions children ask about what you are telling them, so I'll just say there is not god, no Santa, and no Easter bunny and leave it at that.

 

[CIA]

Like we don't have the spotlight on us enough already what with all the organized douchebags who offer pizza for denying the trinity.

 

[Wasurenagusa]

"Do Atheist parents have the right to force Atheism on their children?"
Nobody has any right to force anything upon anyone else.

"How many of you will raise your child not to belive in a god?"
They can believe what they want to believe.

"How many of you will raise your child with knowledge of God? (Without making fun of it while you teach it.)"
I would teach them the concept of god, as there is no 'knowledge' of god.

"How many of you will take your children to church?"
If they want to go later in life, they can. I will take no initiative in making them go to church. Church is not a necessary aspect of their life to make them better.

"How many of you will raise your children to make their own decision, like you had?"
I did indeed make my own descisions in what I wanted to believe in, and I will extend that birthright to my children.

"How many think that your child will be Atheist?"
I don't know. My child can believe what it wants to.

"Let's be honest. No matter what you do, your child will almost certainly be Atheist. Because thats the house hold they grew up in. So did you think you forced it on them?"
There is no certainty in what my children will be like, therefore you cannot say they will almost certainly be athetist. I stand by my first statement. Nobody has the right to force anything upon anyone else. Especially not without known facts.

Can we stop with these inane threads now?
Hardcore atheists are as bad as Hardcore christians.
When you die, you'll have your answer. While you're alive, you won't.
Deal with it.

 

[Brett Alex]

Let's be honest. No matter what you do, your child will almost certainly be Athist. Because thats the house hold they grew up in. So did you think you forced it on them?

I disagree massively with this point. I know die-hard Atheists (who used to be Christians themselves) who were raised in Christian households with christian parents, who would insist they believe in god. I've met die-hard Christians who were raised in Atheist households with Atheist parents, who would make fun of their beliefs.

Also, Atheism is not a 'position' that can be forced on children. Its an absence of belief.

OT: I'd leave my kid open to all options, but I'd always try to dissuade him from extremism of any kind.

 

[BeeRye]

I'm gonna have to say I would leave my children to make their own choice whenever they understand or care. Maybe they wouldn't care, I certainly never did. At the end of the day it is their lives. That said I wouldn't raise them in ignorance to religion as that would just be a bit hypocritcal.

Let's be honest. No matter what you do, your child will almost certainly be Athist. Because thats the house hold they grew up in. So did you think you forced it on them?

Indeed that is the way many things are, but it does not equate to forcing it on them. I am politically minded like my parents. They did not beat this into me, they were a "voice of authority" when I was younger so their beliefs stuck. I am also kind like my mother. I was not forced to be either. It's just traits you inherit from being around people.

Also I have an issue with people who are of a certain faith just because they were raised that way. If that is your sole reason for it, if you have not strived to understand it yourself and make your own choice, what is your faith really worth?

 

[Arkhangelsk]

I'll do like my parents did. Invite me to the religion, but let me choose if I want to be part of it. I'm not in an organized religion, but I do believe in God. And if my kids won't, fine by me, they can believe whatever they want.

 

[sms_117b]

"Inspired" by the Right of parents to force their religion on their children thread. I feel its time to turn the tables.

Atheists

1. Do Atheist parents have the right to force Atheism on their children?

2. How many of you will raise your child not to belive in a god?

3. How many of you will raise your child with knowledge of God? (Without making fun of it while you teach it.)

4. How many of you will take your children to church?

5. How many of you will raise your children to make their own decission, like you had?

6. How many think that your child will be Atheist?

Let's be honest. No matter what you do, your child will almost certainly be Athist. Because thats the house hold they grew up in. So did you think you forced it on them?

*Btw, I do hate Religious threads, but Im kinda pissd at the one sidedness of that other thread*

Its a child, it cannot choose its own religion. Stop saying that. I can when its a teen, but how many 5 year old converts do you know?

1. No, no parent has the right to force their beliefs on a child.

2. I don't know, unless I marry a religious person, I suppose God won't even enter into household discussion.

3. I may, chances are though, I will allow the school to educate them in this manner, seeing I'll be biased, or as I said above, a 2 pronged attack from me and the missus.

4. I'm no church goer, never have been, only time I stepped in a church was to do a number of Primary School plays.

5. I will try to help them make their own decision, then spend a week not talking to them if it's not mine, then be supportive after.

6. Mine probably will be.

and you OP?