do you guys want in the future your kids to be too religious?, example might be part of youth group. |
 Mar 13 2008, 11:46 PM
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 fo`shizzLe  Group: Member Posts: 43 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 422,719  |
personally, i dont want my kids to be part of a youth group. probably, believing in God and going to a Catholic school is enough for me. but being physically active, can be something else. i dont want my kids to be attached like that.
how bout you guys? what do u think? |
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| *Steven* |
Mar 13 2008, 11:48 PM
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f**k that. If they really want to, I won't stop them, but I'm not going to push them to devote to a religion. I hate organized religion.
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Mar 13 2008, 11:48 PM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
lol @ too religious
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Mar 13 2008, 11:49 PM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
No. If they want to be religious, it's up to them. But I'm definitely not promoting religion.
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Mar 13 2008, 11:49 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
QUOTE(Steven @ Mar 13 2008, 11:48 PM)  f**k that. If they really want to, I won't stop them, but I'm not going to push them to devote to a religion. I hate organized religion. jesus died for your sins...and this is how you treat him? poor jesus 
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Mar 13 2008, 11:50 PM
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QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Mar 13 2008, 11:49 PM) jesus died for your sins...and this is how you treat him? poor jesus  Priceless.
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Mar 13 2008, 11:51 PM
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 Cornflakes :D Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,541 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 322,923 |
 I'm sure they'll be raised going to church, but when they get old enough to have their own opinions (I would say teenage at least) I just won't care if they want to believe in God or not, its up to them at that point
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Mar 13 2008, 11:52 PM
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 Miss DIY Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,251 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 11,294 |
QUOTE(Steven @ Mar 13 2008, 11:48 PM) f**k that. If they really want to, I won't stop them, but I'm not going to push them to devote to a religion. I hate organized religion.
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| *paperplane* |
Mar 13 2008, 11:52 PM
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Mar 14 2008, 12:01 AM
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yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
chris?
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Mar 14 2008, 12:03 AM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
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Mar 14 2008, 12:03 AM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
we should all post our favorite jesus stuff here
WWJD? |
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Mar 14 2008, 12:04 AM
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 Vae Victis Group: Official Member Posts: 1,419 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 460,227 |
I'm not going to have any kids, but children should be brought up objectively and given the choice when they're old enough to understand what theism actually is.
A child would never be called a socialist child or a conservative child just because their parents abide by a political label. A religion isn't any different. Gross, that was all serious and stuff. Human organs in vending machines. Better. |
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| *paperplane* |
Mar 14 2008, 12:06 AM
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QUOTE(misoshiru @ Mar 14 2008, 01:01 AM) chris? Weeds ftw! |
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Mar 14 2008, 12:09 AM
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yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Mar 14 2008, 01:03 PM) WWJCD? |
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Mar 14 2008, 01:08 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,071 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,748 |
QUOTE(Steven @ Mar 13 2008, 09:48 PM) f**k that. If they really want to, I won't stop them, but I'm not going to push them to devote to a religion. I hate organized religion. Agreed. I was stuck through a Catholic elementary and high school and it drove me a bit mental. |
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Mar 14 2008, 01:11 AM
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 creepy heather Group: Official Member Posts: 4,208 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,580 |
if i had kids i would like for them to introduce themselves to faith/spirituality and not force them to goto church, sunday school, whatever
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Mar 14 2008, 01:15 AM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
I say no because I don't want children. Period. ^^;;
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Mar 14 2008, 01:59 AM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Religion comes from the heart. I would never force my children into anything. I want them to find for themselves what they believe in.
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Mar 14 2008, 06:26 AM
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I don't ever want my children to be so controlled.
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Mar 14 2008, 08:17 AM
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 James killed the radio star. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,095 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 589,855 |
QUOTE(paperplane @ Mar 14 2008, 04:52 AM) HELLLLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZZZ YES! Anyway. It is entirely up to them. There's no point in forcing religion on someone anyway, because if they don't come to believe it for themselves, it kind of defeats the object. |
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Mar 14 2008, 09:57 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
Yar...
But what's "too" religious?... Very knowledgeable? Extremist? Tries to walk the path of Jesus? P.S. It's sad you guys only think Christianity/Catholicism is the only religious groups that exist and use them as a way to down play religion and God. But I'm glad you all dislike those two pagan/satanic/Anti-God religions. |
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Mar 14 2008, 03:38 PM
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Vae Victis Group: Official Member Posts: 1,419 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 460,227 |
It just doesn't just apply to people who are adverse to religion. The man you paraphrase in your signature, Muhammad Ali, was brought up Christian, and he was indebted to a Nation of Islam invite that someone offered him as a teen. It opened his eyes to other choices, or else he'd have been stuck believing with what he'd been brought up under and "remained a slave", as he put it.
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Mar 14 2008, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
QUOTE(Reidar @ Mar 14 2008, 04:38 PM) It just doesn't just apply to people who are adverse to religion. The man you paraphrase in your signature, Muhammad Ali, was brought up Christian, and he was indebted to a Nation of Islam invite that someone offered him as a teen. It opened his eyes to other choices, or else he'd have been stuck believing with what he'd been brought up under and "remained a slave", as he put it. Beautifully said. That's why I admire him. Because I was brought up Roman Catholic. But many of the questions I had were not properly answered or answered with "apologetics" which stands no ground on my turf. Then I got involved with Baptist-Christian, and well... meh. After that, I became agnostic for about a year while still studying a few religions deciding what was authentic, til I had an odd dream of Arabic writing... nothing else and I was actually readin and understanding this writing as if I was Arabic myself. When I woke up I had an epiphany and decided to study Islam but also at the same time I started to study Judaism. Then I realized... one religion isn't enough for my belief... and now from all the studying of religions, mythology, and even magics, I became Pantheist. Taaaadaaaa. And I supported this way of thought only because of people like Muhammad Ali, who have studied multiple religions and have gotten a better understanding of God because of it. |
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Mar 14 2008, 07:10 PM
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 <joke> inside </joke> Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590 |
i dont care what religion my kids choose to believe in, really. i mean, throughout their lifetime, theyll be introduced to lots of things and so they are wide open to have faith in what they want.
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Mar 14 2008, 07:28 PM
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 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
QUOTE(Sulfur @ Mar 14 2008, 01:59 AM) Religion comes from the heart. I would never force my children into anything. I want them to find for themselves what they believe in. Exactly. I was given the choice to choose what I wanted, and I was raised Mormon so I understand fully that it wasn't an easy choice to give. I've always appreciated that and will give my son the same type of choice (I'm not a religious person, but will absolutely support him if he chooses to be). |
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Mar 14 2008, 07:39 PM
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 vivacity Group: Official Member Posts: 3,183 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 495,247 |
perhaps not in my future children's generation, but maybe even way later, religion may or may not be as important. it still has a pretty major emphasis right now but comparing it to waaay back a few hundred years ago, religion is definitely not what it used to be. i'm open minded, i'll let my kids choose, that is if i have any. but i think that the decrease in the importance of religion can affect how future generations are going to think.
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| *yrrnotelekktric* |
Mar 14 2008, 07:42 PM
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QUOTE(stephinika @ Mar 13 2008, 11:08 PM) Agreed. I was stuck through a Catholic elementary and high school and it drove me a bit mental. same. i really wouldnt care what my children decided. |
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Mar 14 2008, 07:51 PM
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Hell no...but I want them to be holy when it comes to the 10 commandments haha
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Mar 14 2008, 09:40 PM
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 awestinnn Group: Member Posts: 624 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 460,069 |
I definitely won't force them into anything, but I would try and expose them to different religions and kind of help them find out what they want to or don't want to believe in. I got really messed up just because I've been raised as a Baptist just because my dad was. I thought I was Jewish for a while, but I don't really know anymore. But if they decided to devote themselves to a religiong, I wouldn't try and stop them or anything, or place limits on how they choose to practice it. That's ridiculous.
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Mar 14 2008, 10:47 PM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
Honestly, that will be up to them. I'm buddhist but I believe in God and its probably cause my parents didn't force me to stay converted, they just let me be. I mean, I'm probably not gonna marry a buddhist person and they'll probably be Christian so I'll let them get baptised and all of that, but whether or not they want to continue with it. Thats all them.
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Mar 15 2008, 01:59 AM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."
- Dalai Lama |
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Mar 15 2008, 08:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
QUOTE(Sulfur @ Mar 15 2008, 02:59 AM) "This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness." - Dalai Lama Yeah but I think Dalai Lama was racist... Dalai Lama and his "the Hans are overrunning Tibet" speeches. Dalai Lama demanded that a specific geographical region of China would be declared off-limits to other ethnic groups on the basis of race. So... Dalai Lama holds no merit in "kindness". But does in racism and hatred. |
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