Parents shouldn't teach children religion!!!

northwoodsmoker

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whats wrong with religion?? everyone is entitled to it if they choose. im catholic but im not a holy roller like some.. as long as my kids believe in some kind of GOD then im happy. i dont push religion on them at all its there choice to deceide what they want to believe in..IMO...
 

That 5hit

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all religious extremist scare me
they justify causeing harm to other through religion
they want you to beleave, what they beleave, the way they beleave it, or theyll fuck you up
i heard to people of the same faith who go to the same chruch argue over the smallest religious issue its crazy i till you
 
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PadawanBater

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whats wrong with religion?? everyone is entitled to it if they choose. im catholic but im not a holy roller like some.. as long as my kids believe in some kind of GOD then im happy. i dont push religion on them at all its there choice to deceide what they want to believe in..IMO...

What's wrong with religion? lmao, where do I start??

To be clear, I'm talking about organized religion, the ones that all group together and hug and kiss and sing songs about Jesus, those same ones that go door to door to tell you why you really need to drive 50 miles to come and hear about how the world is ending and how you and your family needs to start preparing.. The ones that lobby the government to end gay marraige and make abortions illegal..

There's nothing wrong with being a spiritual individual, or having a personal 'relationship' with some God, but why bring it in the public eye, why force beliefs on the rest of society like that? That's where the problems start.

Why did you say "as long as my kid believes in some kind of God, I'm happy"? Implying that if they decided not to believe in God, you'd be unhappy, right?

What makes you unhappy about that?
 

ib9ub6

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I agree with you, I remember Back in junior high when I was maby 14 years old, I had a good friend who's parents were extremely Mormon but he didn't believe in it. When he told his dad his dad kicked him out and said he couldn't come back until he apologized to him and god. Is that not terrible, a man puts his god before his own blood because of a different opinion.

Religion clouds your mind from reality, and comforts people from their fear of the unknown. People want to believe that they're going to be around forever and they like that a book can explain it to them in their mind.

People don't know what nothing is because being alive is all they know. Do you remember what it was like before you were born? No, same goes after you die.
 

juststartin

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I agree with you, I remember Back in junior high when I was maby 14 years old, I had a good friend who's parents were extremely Mormon but he didn't believe in it. When he told his dad his dad kicked him out and said he couldn't come back until he apologized to him and god. Is that not terrible, a man puts his god before his own blood because of a different opinion.

Religion clouds your mind from reality, and comforts people from their fear of the unknown. People want to believe that they're going to be around forever and like that a book can explain it to them in their mind.

People don't know what nothing is because that's all they know. Do you remember what it was like before you were born? No, same goes after you die.
Exactly, this shit exists because people are afraid of dying. I perosonally cannot understand this, obviously no one WANTS to die but when the time comes you wont know nothing about it so dont worry!!!!!!!

"As long as my kids believe in a god im happy"

Selfish, if they dont want a fairy tale to control their one and only life whats wrong with that?
 

purplekitty7772008

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wow:wall:.........are you a blonde by any chance?
I'm guessing you didn't catch the sarcasm?

:wall:

The thing is, teaching religion to a kid is the parents right. Nobody knows for sure what's true and not true. Not beleiving in god is a belief too. You can't know for sure if there is or isn't one so I think it's up to the parents to decide.

BUUUUT that being said, if at a certain age the kid decides not to believe in religion anymore (or chooses another) then the parent shouldn't force their religion upon them. It's not teaching their kids religion that I think is the problem as everyone needs to believe in something, weather that be a god or a lack of one. But lets say at 12 or 13 the kid decides to not believe in religion then it's their choice. The parents taught them what they think they should believe in but if they don't see the parents view point then they shouldn't have it crammed down their throats.

I myself struggle with what to believe in. I'm too effing logical though....
Well, my grandmother thinks she can shove it down our throats...

it ain't really working out with myself and my little brother...

i struggle also, its like i no there isnt a life after death but at the same time i want there to be one -everything that releigon teaches i want to be true, but i know that it isn't its all bullshit whin you die your dead and the only way to prove other is to die and im in no rush- to much fuck up shit is and has happened in this world for there to be a god -this i know but at the same time i want there to be one- does a person has a soul if so when i die am i to look how i looked when i was alive - if i was born with no arms and everyone knew me as the guy with no arms whin i die do i have to still have no ams -what about a kid that dies is he still a kid 30 years later when his friend and family dies - what if i dont even beleave in hell do ihave to be forced in to a place that i dont even belive in- whin i dei i dont want to loose all my memorys and thoughts thats i have gained over the years- sometime ,well realy every night i think about death and whats after if anything at all, theres so many ways to catch it not even counting your body shutting down for no reason- life is really odd in that way you live to die-this fact alone makes me kind of beleave in reincarnation - but i dont think i comeing back as a fly- i think we come back as humans, and flys come back a flys- and cows come back to be hamberger all over again

i dont beleave in religion, but my wife do, and we have 3 kids- so i guess i may be the best to answer this question - like that other guy said , to push my vews onto the kids would be the same thing, so what i do is allow my wife to bring the kids up in a religous house hold ( the same as her and i had ) and let the kid find the light that shines on the truth for them my sister beleave in god and religion and every thing i just saw way to many flaws in it for me to buy it
if you pose a question that cant be answered religious people say you have to have blind faith, for me this does not work - i sometimes regret haveing seen the light, some nights i wish i could have taken the other pill and stayed in the matrix of lies feed to me as a child - so i sometimes sit and look at my kids playing and think should i teach them the truth and have them missing sleep as i do or should i leave them in la la land and maybe one day they will loose sleep over some truths they uncover on they're own as i did this way really giving them a choice- you and i found the truth because we wanted to know it, to me the ones who dont want to see the truth, sees it and chooses to look away, they lie to themselfes because it helps keep them grounded.

noone has ever came back from death so where does this godthing come from?

keep in mind that god was created to keep those controlled that could not be controled - before today tehcno. there was know way in keepin the masses controlled. you could commet crimes without any fear of not getting away with it, they only caught those who were caught red handed or was guilted into turning themself in, thew religion, the fear of what you were conditioned into beleaving in kept people inline (this did not and doesnot work 100%) but it worke- the fear of hell-
i myself ask super religious people all the time if i dont beleave but live my life as a good person would i still go to heaven......... no is alway the answer- you could follow all the rules of the bible (without beleaving in it ) way better then they do, and be a positive person, you can be an outstanding human being, pay taxes, give money to the needy, never cheat on the wife, farther of the year...,,,blah, blah,blah and so on it doesn't matter to them, your going to hell if you dont beleave in god and have a religion............. its the rule
That was deep.

:-P

Its nice to get lost in your thoughts sometimes....

:-P

Its just plain wrong. Unfortunately thats how religion still works. Get the young and vulnerable... Tell someone that shit after 20 years of hearing nothing about it and they will fucking piss themselves laughing.
LOL!

They would though...
 

tip top toker

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The thing is, teaching religion to a kid is the parents right. Nobody knows for sure what's true and not true. Not beleiving in god is a belief too. You can't know for sure if there is or isn't one so I think it's up to the parents to decide.
it might be their parental right, as is slapping the shit out of your kid as punishment(maybe not any more :P)

doesn't mean it's the moally right hing though. get em while they're young and impressionable and wihout the intellligence to really think about what they're being put into.

start the kid off with church when he's 15 or something
 

That 5hit

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both of my perants are religious and i went to church but now that i am grown i do not i found my own answers
 

purplekitty7772008

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Exactly, this shit exists because people are afraid of dying. I perosonally cannot understand this, obviously no one WANTS to die but when the time comes you wont know nothing about it so dont worry!!!!!!!

"As long as my kids believe in a god im happy"

Selfish, if they dont want a fairy tale to control their one and only life whats wrong with that?
Exactly. I think of religion as a comfort for people.
It makes them feel safe that someone is watching

over them, and protecting them. And will have
somewhere for them to go after death that is always
blissful. They're scared of death, so this is their comfort.

They don't know how the world is created, so they
leave it to God.....

Religion is nothing but a comfort food for the mind...
 

The sim's Bob Newbie

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I figure - they teach it in school from when they start going, so leave it at that...my family aren't particularly religious, don't go to church (I never went as a kid) and I believe its wrong to bible-bash with kids - if they're interested then fine, encourage them but don't turn them if they're not particularly interested anyway!

(hell - we hear about "preacher children" which well...is sickening on part of the parents bashing/brainwashing them with it so that its all they've ever known!)
 

That 5hit

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Exactly. I think of religion as a comfort for people.
It makes them feel safe that someone is watching

over them, and protecting them. And will have
somewhere for them to go after death that is always
blissful. They're scared of death, so this is their comfort.

They don't know how the world is created, so they
leave it to God.....

Religion is nothing but a comfort food for the mind...
that is deep

but on a side note * why do you use a pic of yourself as your avatar :o
i can tell that you are very confident in your self - and sexy as hell - but you have no need to prove to us onliner that you are fearless
 

sittinherebored

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parents shouldnt teach children religion because they end up like my stupid fuckin naive roomates. no offense to anyone on here(your probly smarter) but some of the shit i hear leave theire mouths is completely helmet worthy
 

That 5hit

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religious nuts do say some odd as shit, some times thats shit is funny as hell, but then some times its sad
the best thing that describe religion is that
todays religion is tomorrow superstions
and that is so true
 

leeny

Active Member
"Religiulous" -Bill..carter?, carpenter? can't remember the last name, but shit is funny as hell!
"I'm part of the I DON'T KNOW group... that's why I'm here, because i don't know" lol
 

OregonMeds

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I'm an athiest who was brought up in catholic school. I couldn't ever buy into it and by age 13 or so I wanted out of that school enough to raise a big stink and meet with the principle and my parents to explain I needed out of that school immediately or I was going to do nothing but cause trouble for them.

Got out, happy to be out, can't stand religion of any kind.

What amazes me is when you see cults on the news getting raided and busted up. There is no difference between organized religion and cults but because one is more accepted they can go bust up the other? It doesn't matter if your church isn't keeping you prisoner physically like a cult does, they are mentally and it's cheaper and easier that way. They are all just lying to you in order to just steal your money and use you to create power for themselves.

I sure wish we would take away tax exempt status from every church/religous group and start making them pay like everyone else and lock up all the bullshit rolex wearing TV preachers. They should get more time than drug dealers. They do just as much damage to fragile peoples heads as the worst of all drugs do but some people can't seem to live without it. It's their security blanket so to speak. God and Jesus are the only imaginary friends you can keep after childhood.
 

purplekitty7772008

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that is deep

but on a side note * why do you use a pic of yourself as your avatar :o
i can tell that you are very confident in your self - and sexy as hell - but you have no need to prove to us onliner that you are fearless
Because everyone thought I was a guy for the longest...
I dunno why, I thought the name "purplekitty" sounded

somewhat feminine. lol. guess not. everyone was like DUDE...
wassup MAN...

I was like...DUDE...I'm a chick. :lol:



I'm an athiest who was brought up in catholic school. I couldn't ever buy into it and by age 13 or so I wanted out of that school enough to raise a big stink and meet with the principle and my parents to explain I needed out of that school immediately or I was going to do nothing but cause trouble for them.

Got out, happy to be out, can't stand religion of any kind.

What amazes me is when you see cults on the news getting raided and busted up. There is no difference between organized religion and cults but because one is more accepted they can go bust up the other? It doesn't matter if your church isn't keeping you prisoner physically like a cult does, they are mentally and it's cheaper and easier that way. They are all just lying to you in order to just steal your money and use you to create power for themselves.

I sure wish we would take away tax exempt status from every church/religous group and start making them pay like everyone else and lock up all the bullshit rolex wearing TV preachers. They should get more time than drug dealers. They do just as much damage to fragile peoples heads as the worst of all drugs do but some people can't seem to live without it. It's their security blanket so to speak. God and Jesus are the only imaginary friends you can keep after childhood.
Well said. :clap:

Yeah, my pastor drives a fucking lexus. But he does "real estate".

**ahem** Bullshit.

Not saying he's not a good person, he lends people money when
they're in a bad place, but still. No one else at our church drives

a fuckin lexus.
 

That 5hit

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i guess the image is cool, hard to make you out, you could still be my girlfriend and i would not know it was you
 
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