I dont believe in any god. How I will explain this to my kid?

Question

How I will explain to my kid what is my belief without affecting his own judgment? What should I say so he gets my point in a gentle manner, leaving him space to choose his own path?

Answer 1

Tell him to respect mother first. Then tell him to respect father. Tell him to believe the Teacher. Tell him to believe the nature and nature's vast scenarios. Tell him to believe the beauty in nature. That is all. It is equal to teaching him everything in life. Tell him to believe that he is going to become a great person in future.

Answer 2

When God wants to expose himself to you he will. You can't say right now that you may not believe in God say a year or ten years from now. If you say you will never believe in God then you have put your mind in a box and are refusing to see outside the box. Wait until the right time in your sons life to have such a deep conversation with him. It may too soon to tell yet. good luck and great question.

Answer 3

Teach him about different religions, those with or out gods/saints. Tell him that everyone gets to decide whether they want religion as part of their lives and how they go about exercising their beliefs (going to church, praying, mediation,etc). Then, tell him that he gets to decide what he beliefs, that it doesn't have to be what mommy or daddy or grandma believe. After that you can tell him that you've decided to not have religion in your life, but that doesn' t mean he doesn't have too. Give him examples of people who you all know who are religious (best if not everyone shares the same one).

Good luck!

Answer 4

Be honest.

There are few things in life more disturbing than finding out that your parent has been lying to you.

Answer 5

You should acknowledge the fact that some people believe there is a God, while other don't. You shouldn't tell him your opinions until he has had a chance to choose for himself because you don't want to influence his decision in any way. Make sure he knows that you will respect whatever decisions he makes regardless of your own personal opinions. Good luck :)

Answer 6

You're going to affect his judgement.  He's your kid, so he'll know in five minutes.  It's unavoidable.

Your position is an opinion.  Describe why you have your opinion, and describe objectively why your opinion may be wrong.  Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each.  Then encourage him to seek his own opinion.  Tell him there's no hurry.

Answer 7

If you don't influence him, someone else will.  Just tell him you don't believe in a god because "insert reason here."  He should be able to accept that, and it will affect his judgement, but what doesn't effect judgement?