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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people believe in God as part tradition and part hope.  I would not want to be the one to tell someone that lost a child that their child is not waiting for them with Jesus.  Religion is a coping mechanism that works pretty darn well for many people.

I'm not a joiner myself, so I don't really get the value of a religion specifically, and I don't mind taking responsibility for my life and my actions.  I also don't need to believe that everyone will get their just desserts, because I am not a child anymore.

I don't understand why self-professed atheists sound so angry though.  If it doesn't work for you, and it works for someone else, fine.  As long as they don't try to indoctrinate my children, and don't force me to pretend to believe what they do, I just don't see the harm.[/quote]

The harm is that the misinformation and misbelief continues into the next generation, and some of those people might force you to pretend to believe.  also, a new generation of kids is indoctrinated into false and sometimes scary beliefs that cause them to suffer until they grow up and can discard the false beliefs given to them by their parents - the way some many people are doing now.   Why actively  perpetuate something like this?   If some people are naturally drawn to faith and others are not, then all children should be taught that and then make a choice to believe or not, instead of being frightened (or comforted) by religion when they are little children, only to question what they learned once they are adults, capable of knowing their own minds.[/quote]

I am raising my child as a Roman Catholic and he is attending Catholic school.  He is being taught that God is the Father of all creation, that Jesus was sent to love and help us, that qualities like patience, kindness and obedience are virtues.  He is encouraged to ask questions.  He knows that other people believe differently and that some people do not believe in God at all.  He is free to question in our home.  We are open about our own doubts and our own failings.  We do not talk about sin, the devil, or hell with our five year old, nor do they do so at school.  What, exactly, is scary about any of this?  I feel like your notions about this issue are based on the extreme fringes of Christian practice, or of practices long gone by, not on the mainstream reality of religious education in 21st century America.    [/quote]

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