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Christian parents - Which would be worse...

Discussion in 'Religion & Spirituality Forum' started by ECILAM, Oct 11, 2004.

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  1. Oct 11, 2004 at 10:02 AM #1
    ECILAM

    ECILAM Celebrate Diversity

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    Would you be more upset/disturbed if your teenage or adult son or daughter came to you one day and informed you they had:

    a. Had given up the faith and become an atheist

    or

    b. Converted to a non-Biblical religion


    How would you react and why?
     
  2. Oct 11, 2004 at 10:40 AM #2
    spud

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    I would pick given up faith and became and Atheist

    I feel it would be better to have no faith then have faith in what is wrong (in my opnion). They would feel secure in something that isn't true.
    Besides, I believe if the truly ever had faith, God will bring them back to him.
     
  3. Oct 11, 2004 at 4:39 PM #3
    hasbeen99

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    Good topic, E. Not being a parent, I don't know if I should respond or not.
     
  4. Oct 11, 2004 at 6:58 PM #4
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    Feet first there HB99....

    Um, I'd have to say Spud. That if someone has faith in something, it's no different than you having faith in Christ. How can your variety of faith be more correct than anyone else's? How can you be sure that what your child believes (not on a whim, but an honest searched decision) is not true? Faith is all you're basing your beliefs on, so how can you argue that your child is wrong when he/she has faith in something else?
     
  5. Oct 11, 2004 at 7:18 PM #5
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    I wasn't going to say it but I'm glad you did.
     
  6. Oct 11, 2004 at 7:52 PM #6
    vpkozel

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    Since I truly believe that all the major relegions are tied together in some way worshiping the same God (I have no proof of this, it is just what I feel), I would prefer him to be a believer in one of them. In the end thoiugh that is between him and God.

    I can't make him believe.
     
  7. Oct 11, 2004 at 8:23 PM #7
    ECILAM

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    Wish my dad felt that way. :(
     
  8. Oct 11, 2004 at 8:26 PM #8
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    atheist. i'd have a talk then pray for them everyday.
     
  9. Oct 11, 2004 at 8:46 PM #9
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    I don't think you can really find a conscious decision your child makes to be "bad" just because you don't agree with it. You can hope and wish, etc, but that person's choice is still theirs.

    The thing that would bother me is if I felt they were making the choice for bad reasons - if someone was influencing them simply to be what they were, or if they were unnecessarily angry at God over something that wasn't necessarily so, as instances. Or doing it to act out/get attention/be different.
     
  10. Oct 11, 2004 at 8:51 PM #10
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    That's why I said an informed decision. I don't think even an 18 year old has seen enough of the world to know that his/her religion is the right one. Hell, I've not even seen enough to know that what I think is right. But it works for me and if I am wrong, it's my decision.
     
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