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I draw the line as long as my children are still living in my home and under my care. When they move out and start their own lives, they will be responsible for whatever choices they make. All I can do is provide them with a solid foundation to build on. It's my duty to do that. I owe it both to them and to God who gave my children to me and placed them under my care.
In my business I heard several parents -- parents who physically abused their children (not to mention their wives) who said pretty much the same thing.
In my business I heard several parents -- parents who physically abused their children (not to mention their wives) who said pretty much the same thing.
When your excuse is you are "saving their eternal soul," no abuse is too much in their eyes.
Of course you would impose your will on your children, that is if you care anything about them.
If you observed your child running out into a busy street, you would run after your child and physically grab them to keep them out of the street, against the child's will, since your will is that the child lives.
Because we sometimes need to impose our will on our children. Do you impose your will on your children all the time?
If something has been of great benefit to you, I think it's only natural to want to pass that on to your children.
Of course, when talking about "religion", which is defined simply as the means by which man relates to the Divine, we would have to make a distinction between religion generally, and True Religion which is that religion that God Himself has revealed to mankind.
If only there was a True Religion which a god has revealed itself to mankind.
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Religion (generally) is a necessary part of the human experience. To consciously eschew religion is to eschew a part of one's humanity; ...
Such as eschewing optical illusions as a part of reality?
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... but I would submit that humans who eschew formal religion ultimately end up substituting something else for it.
I can only talk about my experience, but I have not replaced religion with something else. I have different interests, but I would have those even if I was religious.
Because we sometimes need to impose our will on our children. Do you impose your will on your children all the time?
What struck me was the phrase: "Of course you would impose your will"
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