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I'm not religious, not an atheist either. When I was a kid we went to church. I'm curious what (if anything) other parents substitute for organized religion wit
by version_five 5y ago
I'm not religious, not an atheist either. When I was a kid we went to church. I'm curious what (if anything) other parents substitute for organized religion with their kids. Or do you choose to participate anyway even if not devout? To be clear, I'm a big fan of questioning everything, but I definitely see benefits to being part of something like organized religion and wonder how I will fill that void with my son.
- sudosteph 5y agoWhat gap did you feel that church filled in your own childhood? I went to church as a kid too, but the only positive thing I remember about it has a secular alternatives (youth choir). Otherwise I just remember: Wearing uncomfortable clothes and trying to sit still while bored out of mind for an hour, trying to intentionally make us late so we wouldn't have to go, my dad getting angry at me for intentionally making us late, spending forever sitting in traffic and finding a parking spot.
- betwixthewires 5y agoLet them be religious. If their mother is religious and wants them in a church let it happen. My only rule is when they ask me what I believe I will not lie to them. But they can be religious if they want.
- baby 5y agoHonestly I don’t know. My parents were not religious and so I’m not baptized and never went to church. It’s like when people ask me: didn’t you miss not having a brother or a sister? Well how can I miss it if I never had it? Instead they had friends and we did camping trips, and dinners, and bbqs, and we went to the movies, and to the acquarium, and stuff…