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My concern with teaching and bringing up kids with any one religion is that you have to be sure that your religion represents who you are. Catholism, for example, the religion I was raised with, has VERY strict interpretations of things like birth control, a woman's place, the scriptures, evolution, science/research, sexuality, marriage, etc. If those Catholic ideals do not fit who you are or how you want your child to be, become a basic Christian or basic Jew or basic Buddhist.
Teaching and associating yourself with a religion that does not represent you clouds you self-image and how other people judge you.
Like I said, I was raised Catholic. My mom is Catholic, my father agnostic. I've turned out to fall closer to agnostic. The Catholic church and its ideals did not represent me or the person I wanted to be. No religion really hits the nail on the head, but Catholics, in particular, violate my feminist, independent spirit. While I can appreciate other people's choices in religion and spirituality, I am very serious about being sure that your chosen religion truly represents you.
Besides, I think kids figure that stuff out more in high school and college when the new environments start to challenge the belief systems they've been brought up under.
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Maybe it was over when she chucked me out the Rover at full speed.
Maybe Maybe...
~a-Ha
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