Would you let your child play with another child who's parents were.... *update*

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  • geminimommie610
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:19 PM

• I am Christian and my best friend father is Atheist and he is a really cool person I don't dislike him because what he believes. My hubby is Muslim and what he believes wont change what I believe not all Christians think or believe that being different is dangerous. Not bashing you but informing you that we all dont think a like
  

  Quoting caiti:
  
  

  Sounds pretty typical of a "christian" group. Different is dangerous, you know. *rolls eyes* I'm glad you're not afraid to be yourself.

  
  

  
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  • summerpink12
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:21 PM

• That is what is wrong with this land we live in! We still have so much HATE! If we could just let go of the HATE and learn to love and trust and pass that onto the kids it would be a better place!

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  • lyric2005
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:24 PM

• I put other because it depends on how differently they believe then my hubby and I if my son says the a friends parents says the don't believe in God to me that is not a reason to keep my child from them. But if he said they told him he was going to hell because of this or that then that would cause some issues for me. Everyone believes differently and if you keep your child away from people that believe differently they won't know how the world works and how nice the world can be even though we all don't believe the same.

  I don't think beliefs in anything should have to do with being involved in anything unless it said Christian play group. To me that would be dicrimination.
  

  

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  • GothyMama
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:25 PM

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  Quoting Vincesmama:
  
  I honestly feel like kids should be exposed to different beliefs. I realize that you said you're not really vocal about yours, but I don't think it's right to expose kids to only one point of view. I mean, that's not much different from not letting your kid play with kids of a different ethnicity, or whose parents are homosexual, etc. I don't think anyone benefits if you're kids grow up sheltered. They'll find out about the real world eventually.
  
  And I think it's ridiculous that you were removed from the group because of that. But, then again, you probably wouldn't have wanted to join a group that would remove you based on that anyway. Good luck finding a better play group.

  Exactly.  I thanked the organizer for not making me waste my time with intolerant people.  But I absolutely agree, I want my daughter to know about different beliefs.  She'll know where Mommy and Daddy stand, and if she will be allowed to have friends of other beliefs.  I think it's important that she accepts diversity.  And when it comes to ethnicity, well she's already both Hispanic and Caucasian, so that's not an issue.
  

  
  
  

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  • katalinaskies
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:25 PM

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  Quoting AngelicaRenee:
  
  

  I must not be a typical christian. And my church too. I would never tell my son he couldn't play with someone just because their parents were athiest. Now if they were telling my child that what we believed was stupid/wrong anything like that i probably wouldn't. but i have friends who are athiest and i'd let my son play with their kids if they had any! lol

  Quoting caiti:
  
  

  Sounds pretty typical of a "christian" group. Different is dangerous, you know. *rolls eyes* I'm glad you're not afraid to be yourself.

   

  Yea what she said.
  

  

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  • kerrysmom
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:26 PM

• So what if your an Athiest...  I was born and raised a Catholic...  Religion doesn't make a person it's what's on the inside that counts..  If you lived by me and my daughter was a little girl I'd have you at my house all the time..  Was it a group called MOPS ??

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  • GothyMama
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:29 PM

• Yeah and that's the thing.  It NEVER said it was a CHRISTIAN group!  There's plenty of Christian playgroups on meet-up for this area.  I didn't and wouldn't join any of them just to stir the pot.  I did belong to a Christian group on here once but only because the GROUP OWNER invited me (I wasn't atheist at the time, but I wasn't Christian either).
  

  Quoting geminimommie610:
  
  

  I am Christian and my best friend father is Atheist and he is a really cool person I don't dislike him because what he believes. My hubby is Muslim and what he believes wont change what I believe not all Christians think or believe that being different is dangerous. Not bashing you but informing you that we all dont think a like
  

  Quoting caiti:
  
  

  Sounds pretty typical of a "christian" group. Different is dangerous, you know. *rolls eyes* I'm glad you're not afraid to be yourself.

  
  

  
  

  
  
  

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  • Greenstone920
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:30 PM

• Our kids could totally play together!  I too, am atheist, but I don't really care if people follow a religion, as long as it's not pushed on my child or myself.   like a PP said, if the child is going around telling my son he's going to Hell, and quotes the Bible every other sentence, I probably won't let my son play with him, but there are certainly far better reasons to not let somebody's kids play together than the parent's religious views.
  

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  • tairakittie
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:30 PM

• I have a problem with this as well... I get shunned because of my beliefs (athiest) and all the piercings and tattoos... and certain things I do (not going to mention because it will cause an uproar) but my children shouldnt be shunned because of it! I dont think religion even needs to be mentioned... its a play group not a PRAY group... duh!

  

  
  

  

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  • mommaof4boyz09
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:31 PM

• Ok What is an athiest?

  

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