As an atheist parent, I know how to talk to my kids about other peoples beliefs. I am letting my kids decide for themselves. I even allowed my son to attend a week long bible camp with our old neighbors. The father was a Baptist youth pastor. Heck, we even went to the ridiculous closing ceremony and sat through the songs about how "we dont need a rocket ship because we have God". Then when we left and i realized the whole astronomy theme for the week was their way of keeping the kids interested so they could try to debunk Science i had major damage control to do! Luckily my son loves Science and adtronomy and now that he's 11 he doesnt believe in the existence of a God. Ok, sorry Im rambling.
My real issue right now is with my 6 year old daughter. Her best friend at school comes from a devout Catholic family who attend church at least once a week. Her friend spent the night and at dinner i overheard her say to my daughter that Jesus would know if she lied and she wouldn't go to Heaven. My daughter said that that's not true. I told her friend that it isn't true and that I dont believe in Jesus. She of course was shocked and looked at me like i was crazy and i quickly changed the subject. How do we deal with believers children? I wouldn't want her parents pushing their beliefs on my child and we all know how what their reaction would be if i had delved deeper into the subject. I managed to avert the discussion this time but what about next time? My daughter has told me that she believes in Jesus since. I know this is the influence from her friend. I know her friend is instilling the fearof Heaven and Hell into her. Frankly Im surprised that her parents still allow her to be friends with my daughter. My son has lost friends and has friends that arent allowed to come to our house because we are non believers. How do we deal with this? My son told me he hates Christians. I told him that he should not hate them or even their beliefs. He asked, why not? I told him that the world doesnt need more hate. Its ok to not like people because they are not good people but we cannot group them all together as they do us.
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