Move On

I was having an interesting conversation with my 'to-be' the other day on how to raise our children. She was of the gloriski opinion that they should be taught religion. After I got over the shock I got a-wondering -

If faith be so strong that it is all the evidence I need to believe in god then why does it need to be taught?

If it has to be taught could I not teach my children anything - this shoe! this is the holy shoe of grazandra!! bow to its mighty soles!!

How can I sleep at night if I spend my days brainwashing my own kids?

If there is a god and if faith is the natural state of things - like say hunger or going to the bathroom - then it will come naturally and I need not worry to much about it.

all in all if my 21 year old educated son comes and says he believes in god and would like to dedicate his life to religion then i guess I have no choice in the matter.

But I will damned if I have to make the decision for him.

If faith is god-given, it will come by itself. If i have to teach it then I will chose not to do so. I refuse to tell my children that what some old men huddling in caves (and guessing the sun is a big flaming chariot hurtling around the sky) thought is the supreme truth of life. It's time to stop banging the rocks together and adopt the matches.

move on.