This gets down to a very basic fear of mine. What happens when I have a kid and have to teach them about religion?
I'm an atheist. I have been for most of my life. I was brought up going to church on Sundays, but I never really believed, I just sort of accepted. When I started to be able to think for myself a little bit more, I realized that faith in that which cannot be proved is not something that appealed to me.
I'm getting older now, and I know that someday I'm going to have kids. I'm scared to death of how to deal with this. What do I say when they ask why we don't go to church? Do I ask some religious friend of mine to take them to church and try it out?
Children are born into this world without beliefs, without morals or a sense of right and wrong. Those things are instilled in them by the people around them as they are being raised. I want my children to have the ability to form their own beliefs, but I just don't know how that is possible.
Any insight would be appreciated, but maybe a new thread should be started... sorta hijacked this one
Back on topic, though, what the hell kind of sentence is weekends in jail? WTF? THEY KILLED THEIR KID, albeit through negligence. Most people get sent to jail FOR REAL when that happens.
Weak.