Ok, I know shes a teeny tiny bit too young to even know what I'm on about, but have been thinking about religion education for a few days. In our house, I am Buddhist, and Shel is... well... I don't *think* she believes in nothing (if that makes sense), but she doesn't consider herself as believing in any organised religion, nor does she consider herself spiritual. I would probably say she's agnostic, she won't believe in something she can't sense herself. She has referenced spirits, ghosts, and reincarnation, so its not as though she doesn't believe in *something*.

Anyway, we have two totally different views on religion and spirituality and beliefs. We've never had any problems with that, I respect that she has her beliefs and she respects that I have mine, we don't try and push anything on each other, and thats that.

I believe that there isn't one true religion, that people have different needs when it comes to spirituality and different religions work for different people. When it comes to teaching religion to DD my thoughts have always been to respectfully teach her about all religions, and allow her to make her own choice when she is a bit older and understands. Shel doesn't really have any opinions on religion education, I think she is happy to hand that over to me. I know she gets worried that any religious education she would get that isn't Buddhist is going to start on the whole lesbian is a sin thing, so thats her biggest worry, but I guess thats a different topic to what I'm asking now.

I do worry about my ability to teach her about religions that I haven't had any personal experience of. I want her to be respectful and tolerant to all, so I want her to understand what different people believe, thats very important to me. But when it comes to teaching about Islam and what Muslim people believe in, for example, I'm not sure I'll be able to do that properly.

Do you think it would be better, when we start to talk about religions with DD, to maybe talk to people who actually practice the religion we talk about? Like visit churches and temples and mosques etc? How have other people taught their children about religions different to your own?