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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m pp.  Just wanted to add - I can only start reading the Bible etc. I can never finish it unlike a math book.
Tried to read kids bible with my kid so that he had ‘a moral compass’ and a sense of some community belonging (while the kid does not know I don’t believe), but he started laughing on page 10 or so saying ‘why is God so angry and keeps destroying the world?!’
I will keep reading the Bible with DC; also plan to join the Catholic Church (for my only child’s sake) as it looks now but I’m not sure I will succeed as I simply don’t believe.

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Obviously, you have a "moral compass" without having read the Bible and now your kid is laughing out loud at it, so it doesn't sound like it's helping him.   He (and you) can get a sense of belonging lots of places without going to a church that asks you to believe (or pretend to believe) in things that make your kid laugh.  e.g.,  Washington Ethical society, many UU congregations, sports teams, civic groups, etc.

Also people who know the Bible will tell you not to try to read it page by page like a regular book - it's not written that way - is a compilation of ancient writings.

Why try to force him to believe?  and why be so deceptive about your own lack of belief? There are many good, decent people who don't believe in God and many who left religion as adults after being forced to attend services as children.

Some people gravitate to religion as they get older - maybe your child will be one of these.  Let it happen naturally.[/quote]

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