dillydilly Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I dont have kids currently but I was planning to with my partner. He assure me that he is planning to become a JW religion in the near future. However I am catholic and I dont plan on becoming JW. How would this effect the children if he wants his kids to practice his beliefs and I don't. How does this effect the family? *****he told me that - that is what he wanted, his children to become JW, even though that is something i dont want or practice. It will create limitation with me and my child. Since my side of the familly are catholic Link to comment
Seraphim Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 My son is raised in the religion of his father, but I agree with his religion. Link to comment
lana111 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 i dont know anything about religion... but i do know that you and your partner need to agree on this subject, whatever that agreement may be. its no different than agreeing on how to raise your kids, how to handle your finances, and such. failing to have an agreement on how/what religion your children will be brought up to follow is grounds for some big fights bw you and your partner! Link to comment
greensleeves Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Has he actually said he wants his children to be practicing JW's? How do you feel about your kids not celebrating Christmas, birthdays, Easter, etc.? I think you need to give this alot of thought. JW is quite a restrictive religion. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 We agreed on the religion of our child long before his birth. Link to comment
that.girl Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 We agreed on the religion of our child long before his birth. LOL what a fruit cake I am...sorry Victoria...I'm out of it today! I saw your picture at the top of the post and since the OP doesnt have an avatar I guess it stuck or whatever...good greif..lol Link to comment
Seraphim Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 No my son is not changing. I was not raised with any religion and my husband was, I wanted my son to have religion, so we decided long before we even got pregnant our child would have his religion. Link to comment
15 Storeys High Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 JW's do not accept blood products so you need to also consider what would happen if your child was involved in a serious accident and required a blood transfusion to save his/her life. Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I dont have kids currently but I was planning to with my partner. He assure me that he is planning to become a JW religion in the near future. However I am catholic and I dont plan on becoming JW. How would this effect the children if he wants his kids to practice his beliefs and I don't. How does this effect the family? I don't know. You should ask him that.... Don't freak out. Maybe nothing will change, maybe a lot will change. You won't know till you really lay it all out on the table have make some decisions TOGETHER. Link to comment
dillydilly Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 he told me that - that is what he wanted, his children to become JW, even though that is something i dont want. It will create limitation with me and my child. Since my side of the familly are catholic. Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 he told me that - that is what he wanted, his children to become JW, even though that is something i dont want. It will create limitation with me and my child. Since my side of the familly are catholic. Did you tell him that that isn't something you want? You could teach your children both religions and then let them decide once they are older what they want. Link to comment
that.girl Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Did you tell him that that isn't something you want? You could teach your children both religions and then let them decide once they are older what they want. Yea but they are so drastically different...what would be the basis of judgement when decisions needed to be made? (not hijacking...I swear, just asking) Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Yea but they are so drastically different...what would be the basis of judgement when decisions needed to be made? (not hijacking...I swear, just asking) That's really for the kids to decide. I don't believe religion should be forced on children. I've seen the harm that can be done when children have things forced on them. And, religion is a heavy subject. If parents want to bring up their children religiously, that's great. However, if the child rejects religion once puberty hits or possibly chooses to follow another (which happens quite often), then the parents should back off, IMHO. Link to comment
FortunateOne Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 IMO, you should not have children if you both can't agree on what faith to follow as a couple: yet alone, what your children may potentially follow. This is why it's so important that any religion based couple has to be "EQUALLY YOKED". I suggest you both seek religious counceling in order to get a solid foundation on what you're going to preach to any future offspring. Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 IMO, you should not have children if you both can't agree on what faith to follow as a couple: yet alone, what your children may potentially follow. This is why it's so important that any religion based couple has to be "EQUALLY YOKED". I suggest you both seek religious counceling in order to get a solid foundation on what you're going to preach to any future offspring. Yeah, I agree. Get this worked out BEFORE you have children. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 That's really for the kids to decide. I don't believe religion should be forced on children. I've seen the harm that can be done when children have things forced on them. And, religion is a heavy subject. If parents want to bring up their children religiously, that's great. However, if the child rejects religion once puberty hits or possibly chooses to follow another (which happens quite often), then the parents should back off, IMHO. I do not feel I forced my child he enjoys his religion and he believes very much in his religion. Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I do not feel I forced my child he enjoys his religion and he believes very much in his religion. I never said said you did? That's what I was saying. He enjoys religion, so it's fine. However, if he didn't, that wouldn't be fine, IMO. Just as how parents shouldn't press other things. My bf was severely scared by how religion was pressed on him. One of my friends killed himself partially because of the pressure. It's hard to be an atheist kid whose parents force him to go to a baptist school. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I know you did not say I did.....I am saying religion is not always forced. Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I know you did not say I did.....I am saying religion is not always forced. And, I didn't say that either.... I grew up in a non-religious family and ended up being pretty religious. Go figure. Kids will pretty much do what they want and most likely have horrible set backs if parents restrict that too much. Give them the options, nudge them the way that you would like them to go, but, in the end, parents have to accept when the direction the child takes is a different one, and eventually stop nudging. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I grew up in a non-religious family and ended up being pretty religious. Go figure LOL me too!! Link to comment
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