Debate - Raising your kids with religion

[Jennifer13]

I will be teaching my DD that Christianity is the true religion based on my beliefs. Her father is less than sure, so he will be giving her his perspective. I take her to church every week, which she loves, so that's what she'll be taught there.

For me it would be the same as teaching her what I believe to be right and wrong in the world in general: principles, behaviour and practices. Christianity is a part of what all of these are based on in our household, so it's really not just about 'religion' as being a separate part of our lives. It doesn't fit into a box like that. As others have mentioned, it forms a part of our culture. I sort of subscribe to "if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything"! And I do believe that there are principles in other religions (even some fundamentalist Christian families) that are not right (intolerant or inaccurate). So I will pass that on to her. Our religion does teach tolerance though, unlike the one I was brought up in, which taught us that anyone who didn't follow those beliefs was destined to die an eternal death and were not to be closely associated with (or if someone left or was forced to leave due to unrepentance from bad behaviour they were never to be spoken to again, even by family members).

Learning about other religions is like any education though, good from an information perspective, regardless of whether it resonates in her heart and mind as she grows and makes her own decisions. Understanding does not necessarily mean agreement though.