When I had kids I so wanted them to tell me about the world.
I didn't want to tell them the sky was blue, I wanted them to tell me what they saw.
I feel our whole life we are told how to think, how to talk, what to say and then we spend a life trying to find out what we think, what we want to say....
My question here is what kind of "line" are you in and how do you feel about where the line goes?
Are you fourth generation whatever belief system you believe is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and have raised offspring to do the same?
Or did you leave the fold that birthed you, explore on and found a new path? Is your wish your children also find their own path or that they stick with ya on the path you now follow?
For me, my dad was a believer, but didn't go to church, my mom at 94 still goes to church but doesn't care which Protestant church she attends, and can't hear the sermon, but desires/needs to be there.
I bounced all over, and raised my kids in Unity school of Christianity. I exposed my kids to various religions we attended a number of differing services, my son studied additionally religions in college and hauled me to some other temples and is now a devout atheist. My daughter offers often to take me to church, the one she was raised in, but is ambivalent about it. I pretty much just find it all interesting .
How about you?
I didn't want to tell them the sky was blue, I wanted them to tell me what they saw.
I feel our whole life we are told how to think, how to talk, what to say and then we spend a life trying to find out what we think, what we want to say....
My question here is what kind of "line" are you in and how do you feel about where the line goes?
Are you fourth generation whatever belief system you believe is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and have raised offspring to do the same?
Or did you leave the fold that birthed you, explore on and found a new path? Is your wish your children also find their own path or that they stick with ya on the path you now follow?
For me, my dad was a believer, but didn't go to church, my mom at 94 still goes to church but doesn't care which Protestant church she attends, and can't hear the sermon, but desires/needs to be there.
I bounced all over, and raised my kids in Unity school of Christianity. I exposed my kids to various religions we attended a number of differing services, my son studied additionally religions in college and hauled me to some other temples and is now a devout atheist. My daughter offers often to take me to church, the one she was raised in, but is ambivalent about it. I pretty much just find it all interesting .
How about you?