Did you raise your children with a religious or spiritual background?
The simple answer to that question, which by any way is "loaded", is no and no. I did not raise my children in an organized religion, I didn't even raise them in an unorganized spirituality. I raised my children to know that they needed to have minds of their own. If I taught them anything I hope it was how to think for themselves. I told them both they were smart enough to make their own decisions about "faith". Of course we discussed God, even Jesus, Buddha, and when asked, I'd explain what I faithfully "believe" to be real. What I wanted them to understand is that nobody knows anything for sure. We can all make up stories, we can all pretend we know, we can even claim we collectively know. We just can't know the actuality beyond the shadow of any doubt because in truth, we are the actuality.
The simple answer to that question, which by any way is "loaded", is no and no. I did not raise my children in an organized religion, I didn't even raise them in an unorganized spirituality. I raised my children to know that they needed to have minds of their own. If I taught them anything I hope it was how to think for themselves. I told them both they were smart enough to make their own decisions about "faith". Of course we discussed God, even Jesus, Buddha, and when asked, I'd explain what I faithfully "believe" to be real. What I wanted them to understand is that nobody knows anything for sure. We can all make up stories, we can all pretend we know, we can even claim we collectively know. We just can't know the actuality beyond the shadow of any doubt because in truth, we are the actuality.
RSS Feed
