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As for religion, it depends entirely on how you view it. Most parents have at least a small set of values (whether they be open-mindedness, tolerance, hard work
by phd514 9y ago
As for religion, it depends entirely on how you view it. Most parents have at least a small set of values (whether they be open-mindedness, tolerance, hard work, generosity, etc.) they wish to impress upon their children and they frame those as real virtues, not simply potential virtues. Whether you include religion among them is simply a matter of whether you consider religion among a set of possible virtues, an essential virtue itself, or, in the case of adamant atheists, a vice or weakness.
- cookiecaper 9y agoYes. Every parent works to transfer their sincerely-held beliefs to their children because every parent wants their child to succeed. "How do I raise a 'good' person?" implicitly indicates the parent's intention to transfer their own moral and social values, which comprise the core of religion, to the child (and there's nothing wrong with that; that's how it's supposed to work). This type of ethereal, fundamentally subjective teaching is religious education. A mature mythos around the core is not the element that causes people to value religion, and discarding that mythos cannot automatically make a religious sentiment non-religious.