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[quote=Anonymous]I go to an Episcopal church and my DC is involved there too. As a family we discuss many different religions and paths, as well as the need to find one's own way. This happens to be my path but it doesn't have to be my child's. There are many ways to God and goodness and I wouldn't want my child to think there is only one. The best spiritual path is the one you find for yourself, IMO, and I am much more comfortable with a question-oriented church than with answer-oriented fundamentalism.

My husband was raised by a fundamentalist mother who relies entirely on clear-cut, black-and-white answers. She absolutely believes there is only one path to Heaven. In fact, she told my husband's younger sibling that my husband was going to Hell because he had rejected Christianity. This upbringing caused a very deep wound for my husband and he is only now able to walk into a church without being inwardly freaked out. He has found his own path and community, but thanks to his upbringing, he will never accept even a moderate, loving, inclusive Christianity for himself. This happens more often than you might think, and it is unfortunate. [/quote]

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