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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 588718" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I put this into the category of "There's Nothing You Can Do About It."</p><p></p><p>I started out in a Jewish home in an almost completely Jewish neighborhood and went to Hebrew school until I cut it so many times my angry father let me quit. I was told before high school I could only date Jewish boys because there should never be any question that I'd not marry Jewish and continue the tradition. I can't remember how early I first broke that rule, but it was in my young teens. Simply put, although there is nothing wrong with Judaism, it didn't fulfill my spiritual needs and was not enough for me. Plus I thought the "only date Jews" rule was unfair and the Jews I'd lived with as a child had been so mean to me, making fun of my skinniness, my learning disabilities, the fact that we didn't have a fancy car, etc. that I wanted to see if people who weren't Jewish were nicer to me. </p><p></p><p>One day my friend and I stumbled upon a cross on the sidewalk and that became a symbol of good luck for us and seemed to work so I decided I wanted to become a Christian. I married one and joined the church, but found out that that didn't do it for me either...that my path was destined to be unorthodox, and it has been. It has lead me to a very spiritual life where I believe strongly in consciousness after earth death, psychics, a higher power who just wants us all to love each other and many other things that lean toward Buddhism. Obviously, my parents got used to it.</p><p></p><p>Then my sister married a Catholic, converted and is still a Catholic. My father would not go to her wedding, but eventually accepted it.</p><p></p><p>My brother is agnostic.</p><p></p><p>Then my adopted son, whom we got from Hong Kong at age six, became such a strong evangelical Christian that he judges other Christians as not Christian enough and his entire family (us) as heathens.</p><p></p><p>I don't think religious believes are worth fighting over. You can't force your children to take the same path you did. I know that it does cause a lot of strife in certain famlies, but I think we should let our teenagers decide for themselves how to believe or not believe. Their paths will likely change many times as they live life. </p><p></p><p>by the way, not being religious or spiritual does not make one a bad person. </p><p></p><p>In our case, hub and me, our kids have knowledge of all religions and of how I believe and are free to chose their own paths and we don't fight about it or even talk about it much. in my opinion it's an individual journey, transcending even family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 588718, member: 1550"] I put this into the category of "There's Nothing You Can Do About It." I started out in a Jewish home in an almost completely Jewish neighborhood and went to Hebrew school until I cut it so many times my angry father let me quit. I was told before high school I could only date Jewish boys because there should never be any question that I'd not marry Jewish and continue the tradition. I can't remember how early I first broke that rule, but it was in my young teens. Simply put, although there is nothing wrong with Judaism, it didn't fulfill my spiritual needs and was not enough for me. Plus I thought the "only date Jews" rule was unfair and the Jews I'd lived with as a child had been so mean to me, making fun of my skinniness, my learning disabilities, the fact that we didn't have a fancy car, etc. that I wanted to see if people who weren't Jewish were nicer to me. One day my friend and I stumbled upon a cross on the sidewalk and that became a symbol of good luck for us and seemed to work so I decided I wanted to become a Christian. I married one and joined the church, but found out that that didn't do it for me either...that my path was destined to be unorthodox, and it has been. It has lead me to a very spiritual life where I believe strongly in consciousness after earth death, psychics, a higher power who just wants us all to love each other and many other things that lean toward Buddhism. Obviously, my parents got used to it. Then my sister married a Catholic, converted and is still a Catholic. My father would not go to her wedding, but eventually accepted it. My brother is agnostic. Then my adopted son, whom we got from Hong Kong at age six, became such a strong evangelical Christian that he judges other Christians as not Christian enough and his entire family (us) as heathens. I don't think religious believes are worth fighting over. You can't force your children to take the same path you did. I know that it does cause a lot of strife in certain famlies, but I think we should let our teenagers decide for themselves how to believe or not believe. Their paths will likely change many times as they live life. by the way, not being religious or spiritual does not make one a bad person. In our case, hub and me, our kids have knowledge of all religions and of how I believe and are free to chose their own paths and we don't fight about it or even talk about it much. in my opinion it's an individual journey, transcending even family. [/QUOTE]
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