I think it would be very difficult to raise a child to know that what you believe is just another option. Your beliefs will form part of how you raise your child and that's what they'll grow up to believe is normal.

I think it's also impossible to give your child an appropriate grounding in other faiths unless you have a deep understanding of them.

Sam will be raised as a Christian because that's what we are. Why would we want to enter into eternity without knowing our boy will join us one day? However, like others have said, I also believe that tolerance and acceptance of people from other faiths is also important. While I can teach him to accept that some people don't believe as we do, there's no way I could tell him that other religions are as valid as my own - that goes against the core values of my faith!

BW