What does it mean to raise kids without religion? It means that, when a kid asks why they shouldn’t lie or why they should talk to the kid who is being bullied, that you tell them “because it’s the right thing to do, because you make the world a better place by doing the right thing.” When you take god and religion out of the picture, you place responsibility onto the shoulders of your children. No, you tell your kids, you won’t go to heaven, but you can sleep better at night. You will make your family proud. You will feel better about who you are. When we help others “because god wants us to,” we do not necessarily do it because we want to. Rather, we have a prize in mind: god’s approval, which translates into life ever-lasting. I suppose that morality backed by god is not a bad thing, but it can be a weak system–take as an example all the corruption and abuse in the Catholic church over the centuries.
If you need proof that religion doesn’t produce moral followers, just look to the many churches caught up in scandals.
When you raise your children without religion, you don’t tell them, “This was god’s plan for you.” I think that telling children the big guy in the sky has a special path for them makes children narcissistic; it makes them think the world is at their disposal and that, no matter what happens, it doesn’t really matter because god is in control. That gives kids a sense of false security and creates selfishness. “No matter what I do god loves me and forgives me.”
When you raise kids without religion, you tell them the truth–you are not special. You are just a very, very small part of a big machine–whether that machine is nature or society–the influence you have is minute. No matter how important you think you are, the truth is, you’re not. In the bigger picture, no one is important. The realization of our insignificance gives one a true sense of humbleness.
When you tell your children there is no god, they begin to understand that the family and friends around them are all they have, so they better treat them well. People depend on them.
When you tell your children there is no god, they get a sense of immediacy, of how important and precious their time on this planet is. Yes, life is truly a gift. “Blessed” and “lucky” are interchangeable. They mean the same thing. You were damn lucky to be born and to be healthy and to have a life full of people who love and care for you.
When you tell your children there is no god, and something bad happens, they don’t ask why god let this happen to them (after all, god loves them and how could HE hurt them like this?). They understand that bad shit happens and there is no reason. Tough luck. A bad break. Or, perhaps, if they are bright, they see some sort of connection. X happened because I did Y. But sometimes things just happen.
When your children grow up without religion, they are not told that god has a plan for them, so they have to make their own. They are the captain of their fate and the masters of their own souls, to borrow a line from William Ernest Henley.
When you raise your kids without religion, your children learn that one religion is not any better or worse than another. They all have their strengths and their weaknesses, that includes religions that do not believe in Christ.
When you raise your kids without religion, they understand that babies are not “gifts” from god but a product of a relationship. Their bodies are temples, and they are temporary, so treat them with respect. They don’t picket Planned Parenthood because aborting a fetus is not their choice to make.
When you raise kids without religion, they learn that they are both fragile and strong. Fragile because circumstances in life can come in and take them out at time; strong because, in spite of many adversities, humans can still survive and thrive.
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, a i nije ubijena na tako "human" način kao što se prikazuje u filmu. :/
fakat od koga će drugo biti nego od boga? 
mi se uvijek uljuljkavamo u privid neke tolerancije i poštivanja jer kao mjerilo uzimamo majke s ovog foruma, uzimamo zdravo za gotovo što se mi ovdje (manje više uspješno) međusobno educiramo i proširujemo svoje vidike i osviješćujemo (iako ponekad izbiju i uvrijeđenost i grube i teške riječi na površinu), a u biti ovakvi trenuci su ono što je realnost i svakodnevica nas, drugačijih roditelja. ne znam koliko je roditelja u razredu, ali da nitko nije osjetio potrebu pored tebe na tren razumijeti ovu majku. nego, a što će drugo, odmah se ide iz "ja" pozicije. naravno i taj blagdan svih svetih se ne dovodi u pitanje jer postoji ta spona između nacionalnog i vjerskog identiteta (čak kod tog blagdana najjače). to "građenje" kolektivnog identiteta, to da si ili "in" ili si "out". ta podjela na "mi" i "oni". s te strane mi ona "vjera je osobna stvar pojedinca" ponekad zazvuči kao podhebavanje. 
), mislim da je odlično koncipirano, da sam ateist i želim da to isto bude moje dijete, to bih mu dala na čitanje. Za ljude koji poimanje svijeta temelje na dokazima, opipljivim materijalnim dokazima, vidljivima oku ili sofisticiranom uređaju, mjerenju i zapažanju znanstvenika, mislim da je jako dobro napisano.
