And many many people have all of those things WITHOUT religion. I thought the only difference was that someone who is religious believes in a god. Those other things actually have no bearing on whether or not you believe |
If you practice the same faith that you teach them, if you show them through your actions and discussions how your faith has helped various areas of your life, and if you read the corresponding book with your husband, they will follow. You must be their first and genuine example—not a superficial one. I converted to another religion because my family did not practice their faith at all, yet they told me to follow teachings they never lived by. Be their first example, just as Jesus was the first example for the apostles. |
I agree with all of the above except "they will follow". There's no garuntee that your children will take up your religion any more than they will follow any other family traditions when they become adults. Even in the example above, pp did not follow their family tradition of having a faith that they did not live out by example. |
It's also full of toxic lead. |
Young people have access to so much information via the internet that they can figure out that most religions are full of holes and made up dogma. They are free to think with the information they have. That's good. |