What if your children choose another belief?

Praise God that both my children and their spouses are born again believers. For it to be otherwise would be heartbreaking.
 
My parents were and still are strict Syrian Orthodox Christians. I went to church with them to attend Mass as a child. Around my teens however, and as the internet started becoming more social, talking with the world raised questions in my mind and when I brought them to my parents, they said I was free to choose my own path as long as it was not based on hate.

Searching further online showed me the pros and cons of various religions leading me naturally to atheism. Where I saw them pointing out hateful aspects(largely of Xtianity because of its global spread) but at the same time presenting more atheistic hate online than any other belief system. I settled in agnosticism.

After I got married, I was later divorced with no children. Now after reconnecting spiritually and experientially with nondual philosophy, I wonder how I would teach my kids as they start asking questions about the world. If I had any, or even had to teach any, I would tell them to keep an open mind and try not to settle on one as the sole truth. To focus on experience more than dogma. Of course even there, my favorite author of all time, Terry Pratchett, had this to say:

"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." ("Diggers")​



"The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot." ("Small Gods")​

 
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