We're more spiritual than religious (like believing there's some sort of afterlife, but no "god" of any kind) so we'll be letting our kids make up their own minds about that sort of thing. That said, if any of my kids decide to believe in any set religion, I'd have a hard time with it and try my best to help them see sense. (Gosh that's hard to say without being offensive... I know it will cause offense, so I do apologise to anyone who takes it that way)
Well I'm a neo-pagan and DH is more buddhist than anything else - but we will raise our children to believe in whatever sings in their heart - be it our beliefs or not. If they hear about God from some other source and wants to learn more about God, I will find an appropriate person to discuss this with them - either a priest or someone that I know is religious and can discuss all the properties of that religion.
My children will decide what religion/belief structure suits them, I will tell them what I believe in, and why - but I won't say its the only thing TO believe in and that they have to. My family are anglican and I wouldn't have wanted them to do that for me, so why would I do that to my children?
We are Christian and plan to bring DD up with the same beliefs. I try to incorporate learning about her religion into her daily life already. I buy lots of books so she can start to learn the stories of the bible, etc. If she asked me about God I would just tell her what I know to be true from the bible. When she is old enough to choose for herself then I would hope she would choose the same as us because we have bought her up that way.
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