Comments on: Fatherhood and God

By: Zerzix

Zerzix — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:15:17 +0000

I am an advocate for â€œbelieve what you wantâ€, but it does make me mad when people speak with out knowing what they are talking about. Our Founding Fathers were Deists in the fact that they did not want the government to tell them what religion they must believe. As for basic religious beliefs they were for the most part Protestant Christians. They Left so that they would note forced to practice as Catholics. Read some history books they were made before the bible was taken out of the schools in this country.

As for being good without being a Christian, this may be true. It is my personal believe that works do no save you. I am a Christian and I believe in an after life that is controlled by God. What you believe in is up to you. I will point out that Jeffry Dahmer, after converting to Christianity, said he would have lived a much different life if he was raise the way I said I wish to raise my children, in Christ.

Believe what you want, but I think that our country needs to get back to it Moral Christian Root. And I will stand by my beliefes.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:06:34 +0000

I’m a Christian, too. Where many of us have gone wrong (no, let’s personalize it — where *I* have often gone wrong) is in blowing off the writings that define our faith. I’m striving to be more ‘fundamentalist’ in that respect. Thanks for the encouragement.
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By: WeaselMomma

WeaselMomma — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:39:20 +0000

I am doing my part by instilling faith and morals in my children. I agree that there is correlation between less people practicing there professed faiths and the decline in our society’s moral value base.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:28:17 +0000

I work hard at that not exasperating your kids bit…. far too easy to do.

@daddyfiles – I don’t think you can discount Christianity completely. I do think that if Christianity (and not the hey, we’re all Christians, kum by ya type of deal) were more pervasive people would tend to be more ‘moral’ whatever that means. But I do agree that being Christian isn’t a requirement for being a good person.
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By: Daddy Files

Daddy Files — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:04:40 +0000

Sorry, but the reason society is in the toilet has nothing to do with a lack of Christianity. And to boot, most of our founding fathers were Deists and in Ben Franklin’s case, quite possibly an atheist.

I don’t believe in God yet I will teach my son right from wrong, I will instill in him moral values and I will do it all without stepping foot in a church. You don’t need to be Christian to be a good person and you don’t need religion to raise your kid successfully. You want to take that route and that’s cool, to each his own. But to complain about the ills of society and say it’s because everyone isn’t the same religion as you is pretty off-base.
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By: Otter

Otter — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:41:20 +0000

Your children are lucky to have a dad that will teach them these things.
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