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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 690191" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Well, I was going to leave my 2 cents out of this...but I think what I need to say is:</p><p></p><p>Going to church is not going to hurt her if it's the right church - not some fire and brimstone "Holy Roller" type of church where they handle snakes and speak in tongues or hate on anyone different from themselves. From your description of your aunt and uncle, I doubt very much they'd allow her to be exposed to the extreme right-wing version of Christianity. Growing up being told "do unto others" and "love thy neighbor" and the reason there are angels on Christmas trees and the good "judge not" parts of the Bible, in my opinion, is a good thing and in most moderate churches, that's what the kids get.</p><p></p><p>They can, and will, doubt when they are older. They can, and will, make up their own minds about whether God is literal and real or at best a metaphor.</p><p></p><p>I consider myself a Christian. I'm not nearly as religious as my husband Jabber, though I serve on church committees and sing in the choir and have even held board positions and recently agreed to be a deacon. Still, I have often told people that I'm the least religious person in the room. But the church we have found is like a big, extended family - a "church home", and I love it. The message is right...acceptance and love and helping your fellow man. </p><p></p><p>Our son is an atheist. That's okay. I don't care so long as he's not insulting to people who are believers. I don't insult his lack of belief, though, in my opinion, I think it's kind of sad - because I want him have a sense of wonder that the finite world lacks. The wonders of scientific discovery (and I firmly believe in science) are not enough for me...but that's ME...I <em>want</em> <em>to believe</em> that there is something out there, something supernatural and unexplainable and bigger than this world, but I don't require anyone else to agree with me.</p><p></p><p>Some day she is going to ask you why you don't go to church with her. Tell her the truth...that some people believe in God and go to church and some people don't and some people fall in between.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 690191, member: 17309"] Well, I was going to leave my 2 cents out of this...but I think what I need to say is: Going to church is not going to hurt her if it's the right church - not some fire and brimstone "Holy Roller" type of church where they handle snakes and speak in tongues or hate on anyone different from themselves. From your description of your aunt and uncle, I doubt very much they'd allow her to be exposed to the extreme right-wing version of Christianity. Growing up being told "do unto others" and "love thy neighbor" and the reason there are angels on Christmas trees and the good "judge not" parts of the Bible, in my opinion, is a good thing and in most moderate churches, that's what the kids get. They can, and will, doubt when they are older. They can, and will, make up their own minds about whether God is literal and real or at best a metaphor. I consider myself a Christian. I'm not nearly as religious as my husband Jabber, though I serve on church committees and sing in the choir and have even held board positions and recently agreed to be a deacon. Still, I have often told people that I'm the least religious person in the room. But the church we have found is like a big, extended family - a "church home", and I love it. The message is right...acceptance and love and helping your fellow man. Our son is an atheist. That's okay. I don't care so long as he's not insulting to people who are believers. I don't insult his lack of belief, though, in my opinion, I think it's kind of sad - because I want him have a sense of wonder that the finite world lacks. The wonders of scientific discovery (and I firmly believe in science) are not enough for me...but that's ME...I [I]want[/I] [I]to believe[/I] that there is something out there, something supernatural and unexplainable and bigger than this world, but I don't require anyone else to agree with me. Some day she is going to ask you why you don't go to church with her. Tell her the truth...that some people believe in God and go to church and some people don't and some people fall in between. [/QUOTE]
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