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Originally Posted by Rockin' Flames
Just a correction here. I beleive I said that my father, and grandparents were non christians and all my friends were non-christians. So if anything my peers would taunt me for my choice of being a Christian. My choice was not influenced by peers because it would have been a far easier path and childhood for me had I chosen to not be a Christian.
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Right, but I wasn't speaking about you specifically, I was speaking in broad terms across populations of people.. the "royal you"
And even if that does happen, in some circumstances that can strengthen rather than weaken a commitment. The whole "in this world but not of it", "set apart" theme is prevalent in some denominations.
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Originally Posted by Rockin' Flames
I know that outside forces play a part in what choice a child makes. I think we are just going to need to agree to disagree because I still believe that a child's choice will be a child's (not parents) choice. Now the one disclaimer I put on that is that the parents influence may play varying roles such as the age of the child and the child's relationship with the parent.
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For each individual case the variables will all be different of course, but the demographic facts can't be denied, so either it has to do with believing how you were raised to believe, or there's some other explanation. Do you have one?