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[quote=Anonymous]
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Why would you not talk about religion to your kids? No subject should ever be taboo with one's own children. You have to build trust and be the go-to person in their lives.

Learning about different religions is well worth it, from a cultural as well as an intellectual and philosophical perspective. Did you know that many different populations with totally different belief systems have a Jonas and whale scenario? It really makes you realize that there is nothing new under the sun, and that religious stories are totally man-made and sought to interpret natural events at a time when scientific interpretations did not exist. Which does not mean that God does not exist to direct the whole. Just that bible stories cannot be taken literally at all, they have existed in all kinds of variations throughout humanity.

Anyway, talk to your kids about everything political, religious and healthwise to build their critical sense, and they will be all the stronger to stand up to bullies, teen peers and pressures of all kind.

And of course have a direct talk with your family. They sound like well-meaning people and deserve to be told the truth.[/quote]

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