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Originally Posted by Burninator
It is not out of the question to raise your children without God as a corner stone. If it's not obvious by now, but I am an atheist. The most I talk about God is in this forum. Not every atheist is "preaching" so to see speak about their beliefs in God. And calling for an end of religion. For the most part in my day to day life I don't think about religion or God. Parents are very capable raising their children without forcing their beliefs on their children. Influence one way or the other is unavoidable. But an atheist upbringing doesn't mean anti-god, rather it means that god doesn't come up.
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Absolutely... I would even suggest that though I was 'raised Christian' God was NOT a cornerstone in my childhood. We went to Church on Sundays... up until my brother started playing hockey on Sundays. And really, as a 6 year old, did I pay attention in Sunday school? Did I care? Or was it just another group of kids that I hung out with? I'm well aware of your religious beliefs, and I would say that this is also the most I talk about God, believe it or not. I also do not think about God in my day to day life. Ask me when the last time I picked up my Bible was... Parents are capable of raising children without forcing their beliefs, but that's the point... they will still influence them. I would however suggest that an athiest upbringing would mean that if God comes up, parents would suggest they don't believe in one. It's difficult to not have God come up at all during an upbringing.
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Religious vacuum is not quite what I am after. I said earlier that I am not sure if schools should teach religion or not. But the more I think about the more I am leaning toward schools teaching all kinds of religion. Now this could be my own jaded opinion but I think if that happens we will have more atheists.
I guess we could take a page out of South Parks book and replace religious words with science.
Instead of god damnit it would be science damnit.
Christ be praised would be science be praised.
And so forth...
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I think that teaching all religions would lead to much more tolerance and peace in the world. Less hostility as people would know where the other side was coming from. I think more than having more athiests, it would lead to having more people feel comfortable in making their own decisions about religion, and being comfortable in that they would be able to defend them as well. The biggest issue would be the lack of time spent on each religion. You just can't properly teach all religions to the point where a person could make an educated decision with a one hour class, even if it's 5 days a week. I mean heck, there are people who go to church daily and have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to their religion.