If you were still child, would you be upset if your parents converted to the Amish faith ?
81055
I am not aware of the Amish people seeking converts. They seem to keep to themselves, try to do without modern conveniences and entertainment, and for this reason most people don't understand them.
250292
Thats a question that may make liers out of alot of people ! Its good to think that we would ,but you don't know what you would do until the time comes .\nTry this out . Would you let someone blow your child's head off  or would you denounce,and curse God and what he stands for ? NOW that tells you how much you love GOD!
904713
No.  Only if the prayers were sacreligious or disrespectful.  God is your Father, talk to Him as such.
114459
What if you misunderstood it all?  I wouldn't be so smug about it.  I know you're  a rev. and all, but I'll just ask a pastor and get back with his answer.
269992
Yes, I believe they would be ashamed, they would be in shock...I wish it was like it was back then, I'm 27 but I know alot of older people who hate how much things have changed....
13186
I was pretty old, like 8 or 9 at the time. my friends parents came to pick him up, our parents ended up talking for a while. My parents had recently changed religions, much to my disappointment one that didn't celebrate Chistmas. At the time I thought it was all about getting presents. Anyway, we were going inside and they turned to us and asked us if we still beleived in Santa. I thought it was a trick question (cuz Santa was difinietly real for me). My friend without hesitation answered no. I stood there motionless and they laughed at me cuz they knew I did still believe in Santa. At the time I felt like shit but looking back I think I would have laughed at that 9 year old too.
386588
I agree. My father was ill from the age of six. He did not go further than the fourth grade. He was able to get a job to support five children. My mother was a jerked over Amish woman. Since she was Amish as a child, she could not go further than eighth grade. They worked hard and struggled to support us. It would have been nice if they would have been such programs for them.
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Yes, I was raised Catholic and converted to Wicca when I was 21.  I had become increasingly unhappy about some of their theology and will be honest the way the sex scandal was handled was my last straw.  At that point I still did believe in Christianity.  But when I searched for the sect that mirrored what I thought I read the bible more and more and things just didn't make much sense any more. Then the more I read and looked the inconsistencies and contradictions jumped out.  The OT horrified me beyond belief and I couldn't understand the shift from the OT to the NT, it was as if God had a personality transplant.  Then I began finding out the changes that had been done to it, stuff taken out, re-written, gutted, etc.  and my disbelief grew.   The end finally came while I was watching George Carlin, believe it or not.  When he did his skit about how God and Santa sounded about the same, I was floored.  I sat there as that played through my mind and it made sense.  My faith officially died.  After that I read the books of many faiths from around the world.  Wicca matched what I believed best and my journey ended with it.
560612
no I (Chrsitian) wouldn't.  I'd pray they came back to my faith though.  I think muslims are a lot more hardnosed about that though.
1161379
It's not a sin, but if you seriously never heard a single word of Christ, very unlikely.  Then you would be condemned if your parents are condemned, unless you come to Christ by your own will.\n\nDeuteronomy 5\n9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 10 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.\n\nIt would be impossible for anyone who called themselves a Christian and have a kid who never heard of Christ, that would mean they aren't true Christians.\n\nMatthew 28\n19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."\n\nThe only exception would be a jungle boy like Tarzan, which like written earlier would be condemned or saved based on their parents faith.
540432
I spent a week on an Amish farm when I was a kid.  Very different.  They were wonderful people.  They work hard, respect each other (and themselves), and are always willing to help someone in need.  You will never hear of an Amish person raping, robbing, bombing, stealing or whatever on the evening news.  They were, however, out in full force after the hurricanes helping to rebuild homes.  The world could use more people like these.
76370
My whole family is christian, but at the moment i consider myself atheist. No one knows about it because i know my family would most likely be upset with me or disapointed. But honestly, at the moment i'm trying to find myself and figure out what i want to do with the rest of my life.. I highly doubt i will stay an atheist forever.
1035739
Ask this question again when you are a parent. I think your perspective may have changed just a little.
1054243
I don't feel the need to forgive my children for anything. I don't think they do anything to personally hurt me. They do what they do for their own reasons. I am not one of those parents that think everything is about me. I remember what it was like being a child and I try to give them the space to learn their own lessons. I also try to remember how it felt to be on the receiving end of parents guilt and I don't guilt my kids. Even in grounding them we make it an open discussion. Since I am God I guess we are equal as loving parents. I know this Q wasn't put out for people like me more for those that think God is casting sinners into hell. I just like answering your questions.\nLove & Light\nSharon
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I'm not an atheist... but I'll take the hypothetical anyway and pretend that I'm being asked to convert to a particular religion, being as I am not religious at all. The question is, after all, would I convert and practice a belief system different from my own to save my daughter.\n\nWell, of course I would, generally speaking... but would it matter? As you say... if there's a God, He would know that I didn't really begin to believe anything different, and I'd probably make him that much more angry with me. I'd do an awful lot for a child of mine.\n\nI've decided to pose the question that gwad suggested, as I'd like to know what other religious people think. :)
957473
Only if they had felt the faith/belief in their heart. They can understand intellectually but not completely.
931957
A very good question.\n\nI don't see any problem with parents teaching children their religion.  I would be very upset if someone told me I couldn't teach my children Wicca.  This actually happened to two divorcing Wiccans out in Indiana.  A judge decreed it wasn't "mainstream" so they couldn't involve their son in any of their ritual work or teachings even though both parents were Wiccan and neither of them said anything about their religion.  The son was too young to participate anyway, so the parents hadn't been involving him in ritual work, but the judge didn't care.  Fortunately it was overturned, but guess where I'm never moving!\n\nTeaching religion in school is a completely different thing.  Children shouldn't be ostracized or made to feel "wrong" because they don't follow the majority religion.  I know a lot of Christians (sorry, not trying to pick on them, but they do seem to be the squeaky wheels) object to prayer and God not being allowed in schools, but I don't think many Christians would be comfortable with their children taking classes in the significance of stones, crystals, candles and herbs for the use in ritual magick.\n\nSo, I have no problem with people teaching their children what they believe.  It shouldn't be allowed in school, however.\n\nBlessed be!\n)O(