So, I am a quiet atheist. I have a 5-year-old daughter who has been asking lots of questions about heaven, hell, God and the Devil. I tend to get too pedantic when talking about these subjects so I've been thinking about enrolling her in Bible school.
The thing is that atheism is MY choice but it doesn't have to be HER choice. Since it's something that can have such a major impact in her life I think she should have all the information. If I am the only one giving her the information then it's decidedly one-sided.
However, I don't want her to be indoctrinated into any one particular denomination (read: brainwashed); I want everything to be her choice. In fact, this is partly another reason for attending Bible school. When she's a teenager I want her to be able to have good defense against "cult" behavior. I have a couple of friends who's parents were/are atheist and they've joined some wacky cults (some Christian based, others not). Of course, not all my friends with agnostic/atheist parents joined cults.
Are there any other non-religious (atheist or agnostic) parents here at the TFP that have done something like this?
To clarify something that has been misconstrued:
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Originally Posted by vanblah
I'm not sending her to a school for religious education. I probably should have said SUNDAY school rather than BIBLE school.
We've already decided on a "regular" (public) school for her. Most of the private schools around here are affiliated with some religion or another so we've ruled all of those out. I just want a once-a-week thing for her at this point.
My apologies.
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(EDIT: This should have been in Parenting. My apologies.)
(EDIT: Thanks for moving it.)