It seems most of the Christians I know and Christians in general seem to have abandoned Jewish traditions. Even more disturbing is that I find many denounce the Old Testament in whole. I have even been told that a Bible quote I was using in a religious debate didn't count because it was from the Old Testament. Why do Christians so readily abandon their Jewish origins?
But it's not really the parents fault, pretty much every religion tells you to have your child follow that religion, and its not uncommon for the child to stray from the religion in their teenage years. It also goes the other way around and a person willingly converts to that religion without brainwashing.
Quite often it may not be the parents fault, because it is a chain of indoctrination -- it's not like all religious peoples parents now weren't raised under that specific belief, a large deal of them were probably.
Also "teenage years" is the best years (in terms of philosophy) for some because some of them use reason, logic, open-mindedness and a disregard for other influences to establish their own beliefs. They begin to question and they begin to develop their own moral / philosophical views.
It often sails out of people once they get past the age of 17 (roughly), but those that do keep the skeptical trait are themselves moreso because they're not what others made them.
I have another thing to say about how parents make their children follow their religion. At one point in their life, the child will decide what it believes. This choice will be based highly on which religion (or atheist) influences them most. It's impossible for the child to not be influenced by the people around them, and the people around them most would be their parents. The child would almost definitely chose to follow their parents religion even if the parents didn't force it upon them.
I have another thing to say about how parents make their children follow their religion. At one point in their life, the child will decide what it believes. This choice will be based highly on which religion (or atheist) influences them most. It's impossible for the child to not be influenced by the people around them, and the people around them most would be their parents. The child would almost definitely chose to follow their parents religion even if the parents didn't force it upon them.
I was say there is a difference between influence and indoctrinate.
I was say there is a difference between influence and indoctrinate.
If no religious group (or atheists) try's to reach out to them, they are still growing up in a religious household and will still see what is happening around them. If all they see is you having your religious practices. Eventually, they might get interested and chose to join in, even before they will start thinking fully logically, this is a child's curious nature. When they do reach a point where they can think fully, the only idea that have ever known is that the religion was the way to go. The idea of no god may have occurred to them at one point, but this would be around the teenage years where they are given freedom and will have much more influence from the rest of the world. Then it would turn into what the normal course of a religious child is, wether or not to continue to believe in god. This is entirely my predictions on how a child's life will turn out if no raised in a household with a religion, but wasn't reached out to by a religion. If my logic was flawed somewhere (or entirely), please tell me.
If all they see is you having your religious practices. Eventually, they might get interested and chose to join in, even before they will start thinking fully logically, this is a child's curious nature.
With indoctrination the child is being actively as appose passively being brought into the religion. I'm not saying that a passive influence can't also bring someone into believing a religion.
With indoctrination the child is being actively as appose passively being brought into the religion. I'm not saying that a passive influence can't also bring someone into believing a religion.
But what I'm saying is that is was never your intent to influence him, it's nearly impossible to raise a child without influencing him.
