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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The greatest thing you can do, IMO, is keep strong the domestic church in your home. Live by example be open to talking with your children and taking an interest in them, not just religiously. Build strong connections, create a foundation of love. Pray for them regularly. Keep God in their world so He doesn't seem like a foreign concept if they find themselves seeking Him or wondering more about Him.[/quote]

THIS! Make the Love of the Lord the broad context and foundation of  your family. Each person has to develop a PERSONAL relationship with God. Stop trying to "make it" happen. Make it something they see or you will end up driving them away.[/quote]

And keep in mind that your children may never develop a personal relationship with God, because they simply can't fathom such a being and the society they are growing up in is not as god-centered.

Did you hear that the humanist mayor-elect of Boston had a humanist chaplain (as well as various clergy)  say a few words at a city event?  The humanists were shut out ofter the Boston Marathon killings and the new mayor didn't want it to happen again.

This is the kind of thing that is going to happen more often in your kids' lives. They will see that people who do not not invoke god are part of mainstream society.[/quote]

Uh -- yes -- I know they may not develop a faith or a relationship. That's why I said it is a "personal" relationship. I believe in God, live my life accordingly, not perfectly, but actively working on my faith. That is the foundation of our family and the context in which we raise our kids. We explain that others believe differently and have a right to do so. It is my desire for my kids to have faith in God and have that personal relationship, but I have sense enough to know that I cannot make that happen, only lay the fertile ground for it to  happen. Their lives belong to God, not to me. [/quote]

Or as a humanist would say, their lives belong to themselves, not to their parents.  I hope your fertile ground includes exposure to discussions with other kids and adults who do not believe in a supernatural god or a set of beliefs and doctrines associated with a particular religion.

And I can't help but ask -- if you believe in God and that your children's lives belong to him -- why would they need so much faith-building to believe in him?  Why wouldn't God make it natural and easy for all people to believe in him, especially children of his most devoted followers?

I'm not asking for an answer, but I am curious about this.  [/quote]

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