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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would think at least through middle school. After that, I will likely do what my parents did. They gave my sister and me the choice of either going to mass or doing something else each Sunday to learn more about either Catholicism, another religion, or another form of spirituality. If we could articulate a spiritual basis for a service project, that could count too. In the end, I have returned to being a practicing Catholic, but I have participated in activities from a wide range of religions, and have the utmost respect for their believers.[/quote]

My kids are still in preschool, but I really really love this.  Tucking it away for when the time comes.[/quote]

You don't sound like a very serious Catholic -- nothing wrong with that, but this seems like a good way to expose your kids to a religion they might like more.  Would you allow them to look into humanism too? [/quote]

I'm the poster whose parents took this approach.  Perhaps I would not be viewed as a "serious" Catholic, but it doesn't really matter to me how others view my religious beliefs.  In my view, there are many paths to God and spirituality.  My way of understanding God is through the Catholic Church.  If my children choose another path, I support that.  I can try to show them a good example, and live my faith.  The thing, though is that you cannot force faith (otherwise it would not, by definition, be faith).  As for whether my kids will be smitten to Hell if they are not Catholic believers, I believe God is bigger than that.  I believe that he, in whatever form he is present with people, holds us each in his hand, whatever Church we attend (or if we don't attend a Church or organized services), and whatever book we read from.    [/quote]

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