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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would just say "ok" to the other kid. But to my own kid, I would explain that some people believe and some don't. I wouldn't argue with that child if that's what they believe. [b]Just instill your beliefs in your own child[/b].[/quote]

I don't in any way do the bolded. ANY time that religion or god comes up I tell my kids what I think, then ask them what they think. I'm raising independent thinkers, NOT clones. That is a100% what I most hated and resented about being raised in the church and baptized/"converted" against my will. I won't in any way do that to my  kids. If my kids choose to believe in God, great! IF not, great![/quote]

Um, you're still instilling your beliefs in your kids...the belief that each person can choose for themselves. Nothing wrong with that but I wouldn't say you're doing it totally differently - just what you believe is different. [/quote]

LOL, I thought god gave us free will so that we can choose for ourselves.

I am an atheist, and I teach my kids that until someone provides proof that god exists, the default position is that god doesn't exist. "God exist" to mainstream practitioners of mainstream religions is a factual claim about the material characteristics of our world, where it came from, and what happens to us after we die. Some practitioners give up the factual aspects of religion and focus on the philosophical part, such as Unitarians. Whereas philosophy is for independent thinkers to ponder about, fundamental aspects of science and realities of our physical world is not. So I don't teach my kids to be free thinkers about the existence of god, just as I don't teach them to be free thinkers about "what is 1+1".[/quote]

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