The Effect of Parental Beliefs on the Child

Obviously, a parent will impart their knowledge and beliefs on their children because they want their child to grow up following the the example of what they believe is right. For example, Conservative parents often raise Conservative children, as is true for Liberals. Christian parents often raise Christian children, as is true for all other religions. In the case of religion, this is often because a child is very hesitant to choose an alternate religion that does not offer salvation to their parents in another belief system. In other words, the child does not want to believe that their parents will not join them in eternity or the afterlife, what have you.
In regards to this situation, how do you think this will affect the world as the next centuries continue to develop and old beliefs and views are under attack?

 

My parents are quite firmly Christian, but so far I have not made up my mind what I beleive in. I beleive that there must be something after death, but what of it I am not sure. I do not think that I will ever be Chrisitan and so therefore I do not fit the 'pattern'. But I do agree with you that many children do follow their parents religeon and beleifs up until they come to a certain age when they begin to explore all the possiblitys themselves. I think over time because of this some religeons will eventually die out and only the major ones will be left.

--Hitman

 

My mom's side of the family are completely christian. But my dad's side are not. At all. I am just athiest. I have no real reason to believe in anything like that.
But yeah I understand what yer saying

 

This is not at all true.

I was brought up with an explanation and reasoning of the two or more sides of every story. No belief or faith was ever forced on me, either.

It just depends on your parents, and their religion.

 

My mom makes me believe in catholic... stuffs...anyways i dont care about it.

 

My entire family is Christian, and many of my friends are also. However, I'm still an Atheist. I believe it's a matter of intelligence.

 

In no way does belief in a religion indicate a lack of intelligence. It exemplifies conviction and faith. But to say that those who have a belief or faith are less intelligent is absolutely incorrect.
And if there is anything I dislike about anything, it is Catholicism. The papal hierarchy was invented only to control and influence those in power and it disgusts me. And I dislike those people who are Catholic and base their dislike of religion of disbelief on their experiences in the Catholic church. Of course the Catholic church creates disbelief! It is absolutely ridiculous that they get away with all the things they do and they have corrupted almost the entire religion. If the head of a snake dies, so does the rest of the body, and that is what has happened with the Catholic hierarchy.

 

Very harsh words. I agree that some of the things the Catholic Church is responsible for are ridiculous. However, a lot of religions are in some way corrupt. And its not like every single Catholic is a bad person.

As for the parent thing, some parents try to force their children to believe a certain way. Not all, but some. But I dont think thats an excuse. If your parents raise you to be racist, you dont have to be racist. The thing about being a human is to discover things for yourself. That may sound like Im saying its not hard to ignore thoughts that have been tattooed into you, and I dont think that. It is very hard to discard beliefs at times. But its not an excuse to believe a certain way. And many people dont believe what their parents raised them to believe. In the future, I think religion will progress at the same rate. I think their will be many children raised under religion, and there will be many who go on to discard it, as well as many that continue to embrace it. And continuing to embrace it doesnt always show ignorance. I was raised religous, and my goal has been to learn as much about all religions as possible so that I can truly know whats out there. I dont feel that Ive just listened to everything my parents told me, but I am still religous. I very very much doubt religion will become less popular though.

 

Well i believe that when your younger you will value what your parents teach you and follow it without constant rebellion. Then as you grow into your teen years you will realize you dont want to follow what your parents said and do whatever you wanted. Basically most parents that are strongly against drugs end up having kids who turn into junkies. Same goes for religon. If your parents are all about it, you probably wont be during your teen years.

 

Well I am a Christian like my mom, my dad in words "Believes" in god yet doesn't practice or continue to go to church, I lived with my mom most of my life but the last 3 years I have lived with my dad. I continue to believe in god, pray, and the other things on my own because of my own understanding of things.

So I think they instill the thought of it and teach you on it a little yet its your own way of thinking just you reacting on what you know to be true. But your right there are many kids that have a tough time believing in other things because of the thought of what would happen to there parents or loved ones according to there religion.

 

Are you serious? That parents who are against drugs turn their children into junkies? Just because someone is a teenager does not mean that they will go against their parent's beliefs. I strongly disagree that just because someone is a teen that they will rebel against the beliefs of their parents.

 

I believe that it is the parents right to raise a child a certain way, children must learn values of some kind, wether it is what everyone else believes or not. If a parent were to raise a child nuetrally and not promote any particular one side of an issue, that child would be forced to make up his/her own mind about things, which may be good or bad. But how much does a child realy understand about the choices he/she is making?