If you believe you have to tell your kids that Santa Claus exists in order to give them gifts on Christmas day, you are completely out of your mind. Oh no! what am I saying? I meant if you think your kids should believe in a higher power so that they learn empathy, humility, and respect towards their fellow human beings, you are probably doing a bad job as a parent. I suggest you work on the adoption papers. This is not an attack on any specific religion. I come to believe as I am growing up that religion has certainly not kept someone from being “bad” and it is on any case a pre-requisite in order to be or do “good.” An analysis of the real world and morality would help us make the point. I am a skeptic, you get it right, but bear with me. I am on any case trying to dismiss religion as an institution that might be able to do good things and keep your child in a good path. It is vital that we understand that morality doesn’t come from a book or some guy in the sky or for the matter in religion at all. We are human beings, and the moment we realize that we are one specie, how we feel and what others feel should matter. Teaching kids to treating their like-people the same way they want to be treated doesn’t need to involve religion at all. As the sociologist Phil Zuckerman would put it: “My own ongoing research among secular Americans — as well as that of a handful of other social scientists who have only recently turned their gaze on secular culture — confirms that
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One of the most discussed topics in the modern world is children indoctrination into religion. Children aren't developed enough to decide in what to believe or disbelieve. Everyone is born without believing in a religion until it is either forced on them or they are developed enough to decide if one of the religions ''works'' for them or not. Mostly, parents are the most influential part in a child life. They decide what a proper education is to their successor and they impose their ideas to their child.
Children with religion in the classroom have better social skills. Kids with religion in their home are better behaved and adjusted than other children, according to a new study that is the first to look at the effects of religion on young child development. (Wenner, 2008)
In some occasions, like Tearsa and John’s case, the child sees this as constraint. Tearsa and John were afraid to exhibit any of their doubts to their parents due to their parent’s authoritative ways. This was common to see that highly religious parents’ children would develop a belief that the religion was the most important thing, (Flor & Knapp, 2001). So the fears of rejection from their own parents were higher. When none of their doubts were confirmed or denied, this resulted in a rejection of the religion. This case especially occurs if the child blamed the religion for the perceived negative methods of childcare from their
Clearly, religion had a negative impact on Lily Sabbath, but in the real world, does religion have a positive or negative impact on children? John Bartkowski, a Mississippi State University sociologist and his colleagues asked the parents and teachers of more than 16,000 kids to rate how much self-control they believed their children showed, how often they exhibited negative or unhappy behavior and how well they respected and worked with their peers (livescience.com). The researchers then compared their answers to how often these children’s parents said they attended religious services, talked openly about religion with their child and argued about religion at home. The kids whose parents regularly attended religious services and talked openly with their kids about religion were said to have better self-discipline, social skills and learning abilities than kids with non-religious parents. The children whose parents often argued about religion were more likely to have these problems. Bartkowski noted that “Religion can hurt if faith is a source of conflict or tension in the family.” If religion has such a positive impact on children, why is there so much crime? Are crimes often connected to religious preferences?
To begin with, forcing children into accept a religion of any denomination can potentially lead to opposition of faith
Religion, whether we realize it or not, is a major element of American society (and also worldwide history). For many, religion is a significant part of their cultural identity. Religion plays a part in all levels of politics and is often an aspect of community events and organizations. Everyday, we all interact with people who have different religious backgrounds and personal beliefs. Children born into religious families are very connected with their religions from birth and this affects the way they will see the world for the rest of their lives. Even those who later explore other faiths or convert to other religious ideas will be affected in
Morality is defined as a system or code that we humans use to differentiate between right and wrong. This system could be derived from a number of factors: religion, culture, and upbringing. It is difficult enough to determine what an individual's morals are, but going further to determine how we came to possess those morals is even more ambitious. Still, regardless of its difficulty, this subject consumes many philosophers and psychologists. One such moral psychologists, Jonathan Haidt, is theorizing the possibility of evolution causing ones morality. Haidt is a moral psychologist at the Universtiy of Virgina further believes that complex social structures such as religion and politics as well as our need for social structures affect
Julie Carter, you point out something that was true we all have brains but we all don’t think the same. Everyone does not believe in the same thing, we all deal with thing different ways. People are different, one way a person could be different is by religions. There are so many different religions and the person have a right to pick what religion would fit for them or that person does not have to believe in religions or found a religion that make a person different from others. I don’t think you a bad person or do not have any morals because you not a religious person, that your choice. I feel you daughter will be okay, she has her own mind and she might believe in religious and might not but it will be her decision when she get older enough
Morals, values and ethics define who we are and what we believe. Culture, religion, and many other things affect our beliefs. One uses various types off ethics when surrounded by different groups. Knowing between right and wrong is a good foundation to practicing good ethics and morals. These things make morals, ethics, and values important in society.
government to make us believe that we were the good side while they were the bad
Everyday we are tested as individuals to make the right choice. How we view ourselves as individuals and how others view us are directly correlated to our moral decision-making. But morals are somewhat misleading. What might be a wrong decision for one person might be a solution to another. So how do we define morals? Do we follow Gods’ moral rules because to do so would increase out likelihood of obtaining salvation in the afterlife? Or is it simpler than that. Is God going to deny our entrance into heaven because we have run a stop sign here and there? No. I believe our moral values are much simpler than that. I believe that our moral decision-making comes from our upbringing of what is right or wrong. Our parents and
Contrary to these beliefs Jesus shows us that the faith of a child has great value. This is shown no better than in Mark 10:14-15, “When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will
First of all, each and every child should hold the moral value of honesty and integrity. Each and every child should learn to be honest, no matter what. If one is honest, others admire them. For example, if a child has done something wrong, the child should be honest about it. Generally, I feel that this moral value is critical because it matters so much in life. If it is not a value someone contains, they will have a hard time in life, and people will have a difficult time trusting them. If you look at it one way, I have always believed that forming bonds of trust and trustworthy relationships are the strongest. Therefore, this correlates back to honesty and integrity, because trust forms when one is honest, and always tells the truth. This moral value has always been emphasized in my family origins, and that is why it is so important to me. My religion, Hinduism, does believe in honesty (as it is written in the “Gita”), and as we learn about Hinduism
Is there a contradiction between our demand that our children be honest and moral persons and our demand that they be successful? Present the argument that there is a contradiction, and see if you can answer it.