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Originally Posted by sniper007
I don't think there is a god. I'm not sure if this should be defined as not believing. I seem to find myself getting frustrated with one of my children becoming encouraged to attend church by someone close to her. I respect the person and their belief/religion if that's what they want, but I can't help getting annoyed when they try to force it upon my daughter. At times, I will go as far as ranting about it to my partner as it really does get to me. She has come to me and asked me about God and "when he made the world...". It's hard to know what to do in such situations with young children, but you can only do what you think is best. For me, I think I would rather see my children grow up being very much excluded from any religous beliefs, because I personally feel it is a waste of time and provides only confusion and an unrealistic picture of life, which will only hamper addressing real issues such as scientific ones that are just put down to "god made it" / "god does it" etc.
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I don't see anything wrong with exposure to religion, but you're right, forcing it is another thing. I don't take my daughter to church, but she knows about God and Jesus and the christian festivals, etc. I won't hide it from her, but I also won't force any ideas on her either. She'll make up her own mind when she is old enough to create a balanced view.