A Question for . . . .

My wife is still Christian, believes in taking our 3 year old to church every Sunday, I ask her to wait till my daughter gets old enough to decide. But she takes her anyways. So, when I feel she can understand better i will explain my view and let her figure out what she wants.

I think forcing a religion on a child is wrong, we all have to make our own choices. And if the bible is correct, the child should have many years to decide and seek forgiveness and acceptance.

 

Why do you feel the need to "impose" your beliefs on daughter? Why not allow her to arrive at her decisions?

What are your concerns with having your wife instill "good Christian values" in your daughter

 

Care to share?

 

That is a tricky question Speedluv. I grew up in a charismatic pentecostal church of god. A McChurch with franchises and millions in assets. I don't capitalize it for a reason. They don't know the history of their own religion beginning with the Great Schism, some couldn't define the word dogma, and most think Martin Luther freed the black people. They send missionaries to Africa that start wars and riots.

I however was blessed to be baptized at birth by my grandparents who were Eastern Orthodox. If you ask to join they make you take classes so you then know what the hell you are talking about. If you ask a priest a loaded question he will answer that "that's just part of the mystery", instead of quoting a personal interpretation of scripture. Nothing's perfect but I plan to raise my child in that church mainly to instill discipline on a weekly basis and have access to schools, daycare, community, charity, etc

OBE and NDE. There I just shared more than I felt comfortable putting on a public forum but I felt called. Proof is personal, I can't spell it out for anyone, just point the direction down the windy road that you must travel. It's different for everyone, in other words, "All part of the mystery".

 

Would you be pissed if your adult child comes to you after you have exposed them to your beliefs and later tells you that they no longer share your beliefs?

 

We have the means to connect to the great mystery but we are hindered in so many ways. My pineal gland does not work. It is an actual gland in the center of your brain that has a cornea. An actual third eye...to see what? It is said this gland if not kept active diminishes in its function. Fluoride is not good for it.

http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/pineal/

It is responsible for dreaming and regulates the production of the hormone melatonin. I don't dream while I am sleeping but I believe those experiencing dreams are in a real tangible world. Our brains function on electrical energy. We know electricity travels near the speed of light if not faster in some cases. Could it be possible you are already traveling at the speed of light? Vibrating here at this moment. Maybe even trapped in it?

 

Not at all Speedluvin, my poor protestant raised wife is saint for putting up with me as well. She's into "rainbows and butterflies" and I hope that it lasts, for her sake. For the record I am MUCH more frightened by dreamland than anything this earth has to offer.

 

So would you say that your wife is more religious/spiritual than yourself?

 

My wife is a much better person than me, she is bright and happy, sweet and loving, yet she voted for George Bush the year we met because her church friends told her to. She would prefer not to know anything about Cheney or George Sorros severing egos and selling our grandchildren short. Rainbows and butterflies has it's downsides. So in the traditional Sunday Christian religious sense yes, but spiritually, no.

 

I am not trying to impose any belief on my daughter. That is why I want my wife to wait till my daughter is older. But since my wife takes her to church, I will have to end up explaining my views. I can guarantee sooner or later she is going to say "daddy why don't you come to church with mommy and I"..... then what do I do? Lie?

And my concerns with my wife teaching my daughter religion are ones that stem from my confusion of which religion is "RIGHT". Like I said, I'm not atheist, so I believe there is something there, just not sure what or who. Once my daughter is old enough, I could care less which one she chooses as long as she chooses it not someone else pushing it on her.

 

It appears that your mom retained an open mind as she explored other religions. Did she no longer agree with Catholic beliefs? Any significant reasons for the explorations of other religions bsesides curiosity?

 

Care to explain?

 

How about that most of these 'laws' were thought up as way to function in a society and way before the written word was devised... ???

 

I agree!