Religion switch and children
By amalexda
@amalexda (19)
United States
August 3, 2009 5:36pm CST
If you converted to a religion that may not be as widely accepted as Cristianity, how would you go about explaining to your children if at all? Is it better to keep them believing what most of their peers believe to make it easier on them and keep them from possibly becoming an "outcast" until they are old enough to decide for themselves or convert them with you. On one hand it would be easier to keep it the same but on the other hand if YOU truly don't believe in that religion can you seriously let them continue to be told things that you yourself don't believe in without giving them alternative things to consider??
2 responses
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
4 Aug 09
welcome to mylot ama and hope you like it here like most of us do. i guess that is true. my sister is a catholic, well we are catholic and she is amrried to a japanese who is buddist. my sister told us that she will teach what she knows and she is sure that her child will learn about buddism at school when he will go to school already. now it is her sons decision what to choose. if he chooses to be catholic then it will be okay if he chooses to be buddist then there is no problem with that. that is what she told us. but in your case your discussion is about a religion which is not accepted as cristianity is kind of wierd.
@crysontherocks77 (1273)
• United States
4 Aug 09
that would depend on how very different the religions were. Methodists and baptist are closely related and say a catholic is very different from those two. Just be carefull how much information you give them, the rest just wait until they start getting curious.
