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You sound nothing like my older kid.  He says he is agnostic.  He does not pray.  He loves youth group but hates going to service.  All of which is fine with me; I've given him the foundation and now it is up to him whether or not to do anything with it.

He is interested in spirituality and religion as academic matters, e.g. comparative religion and the role religion and religious beliefs play in politics.

So no, nothing like you.[/quote]

Perhaps not. But that questing and searching feels very familiar to me and it's a stage I went through. In any case, all I'm saying is that it's possible that your son may walk away from religion entirely when he's older; his interest at this point does not necessarily translate to belief as an adult. It may, of course. I'm just saying that it may not, also.

My parents never rejected me, when, as an adult, I finally told them (years later!) that I didn't believe in god. I wish I could have told them earlier and I wish I'd understood that there was such a thing as atheism as a child rather than as an adult. But I feel in many ways I had a much easier path out of religion than a lot of people raised with religion, because I wasn't rejected by my parents.[/quote]

I never said he was questing or searching.

He has told me from time to time that he doesn't think he believes in God.  He knows about atheism, agnosticism, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism.

Clearly he doesn't feel pressured to conform to anything, as you apparently did.[/quote]

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