Do you talk to your children about sin?

[Anonymous]

Not in a condemning way, but in general?

[Anonymous]

They know that if you need an organized religion to tell you to be a good person.... you are not a good person!

We talk about morals and the law. Sin is too subjective.

[Anonymous]

That seems like a conversation best guided by your particular religious beliefs? "Sin" seems very Catholic to me.

We don't talk about sin, but we talk about ethics and morality and knowing - and doing - right. We also talk about different cultures or religions having different conceptions of what is right, but that some things are absolute (no murder, theft) and teach what we believe and what our religion says (which may not always be exactly the same).

I'm sure this depends on the age of the child as well. Certainly when my kids were kindergarten or younger there were fewer nuances than now, when they are upper elementary.

[Anonymous]

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Sun specifically no. We talk about being good people and sometimes talk about WWJD in certain situations. My tween goes to a Christian K-8 too.

[Anonymous]

Sin not sun above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They know that if you need an organized religion to tell you to be a good person.... you are not a good person!

We talk about morals and the law. Sin is too subjective.

Sin is.... morals and law.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

No because we’re atheists.

[Anonymous]

No, I don't believe in the notion of sin as a religious notion. My kids are very ethical, moral people without that.

[Anonymous]

No, because we don’t believe in sin. My wife & I both grew up Evangelicals and it caused us pretty extreme religious trauma. So no we don’t introduced the notion into our family.

We talk about kindness, empathy, tolerance and good deeds. But no, not sin.

[Anonymous]

I have taught them that the only sin is being boring.

[Anonymous]

Yes. They are taught the 10 commandments as well the sins pf sexual immorality (homosexuality, child molesting, adultery, and fornication) which, those who practice such sins will not enter the kingdom of Heaven. They are also taught what Jesus said, that he and God are one, and no person enters heaven except through Jesus. There are not “many ways to God” there is only one way, one door; Jesus. This means all the religions, no matter how spiritual they seem, will not get you into heaven.

[Anonymous]

No but good and bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are taught the 10 commandments as well the sins pf sexual immorality (homosexuality, child molesting, adultery, and fornication) which, those who practice such sins will not enter the kingdom of Heaven. They are also taught what Jesus said, that he and God are one, and no person enters heaven except through Jesus. There are not “many ways to God” there is only one way, one door; Jesus. This means all the religions, no matter how spiritual they seem, will not get you into heaven.

“As an atheist, I see nothing “wrong” in believing in a God. I don’t think there is a God, but belief in him does no harm. If it helps you in any way, then that’s fine with me. It’s when belief starts infringing on other people’s rights when it worries me. I would never deny your right to believe in a God. I would just rather you didn’t kill people who believe in a different God, say. Or stone someone to death because your rulebook says their sexuality is immoral. It’s strange that anyone who believes that an all-powerful all-knowing, omniscient power responsible for everything that happens, would also want to judge and punish people for what they are.”
― Ricky Gervais