I find it really funny how you have like 3 or 4 year old Christians/Muslims/Hindus/Jews.
Like hey, guess what, if a religion is a set of beliefs and values that ought to be understood and then followed (in my idealistic world), one ought to UNDERSTAND a religion before claiming to belong to it.
And the problem with religious parents, at least the ones I've seen is that they don't offer a choice. My grandfather is an agnostic historian, and my mum's Buddhist. They handed me the qur'an and the bible and the vedas and stuff when I was twelve and said, "Knock yourself out."
I ended up picking none.
IIN to think that parents raising their children religiously should...
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I find it really funny how you have like 3 or 4 year old Christians/Muslims/Hindus/Jews.
Like hey, guess what, if a religion is a set of beliefs and values that ought to be understood and then followed (in my idealistic world), one ought to UNDERSTAND a religion before claiming to belong to it.
And the problem with religious parents, at least the ones I've seen is that they don't offer a choice. My grandfather is an agnostic historian, and my mum's Buddhist. They handed me the qur'an and the bible and the vedas and stuff when I was twelve and said, "Knock yourself out."
I ended up picking none.
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uPSIDEOFDOWn
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so true about the children! they can't chose! children strive to emmulate their authority figures.
your grandparents did things the right way. props to them.