I found this article on CNN's ireport page. Enjoy and comment.

(Source http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-910282?fb_action_ids=10151344638469588&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582)



Why I Raise My Children Without God.

When my son was around 3 years old, he used to ask me a lot of questions about heaven. Where is it? How do people walk without a body? How will I find you? You know the questions that kids ask.



For over a year, I lied to him and made up stories that I didn’t believe about heaven. Like most parents, I love my child so much that I didn’t want him to be scared. I wanted him to feel safe and loved and full of hope. But the trade-off was that I would have to make stuff up, and I would have to brainwash him into believing stories that didn’t make sense, stories that I didn’t believe either.



One day he would know this, and he would not trust my judgment. He would know that I built an elaborate tale—not unlike the one we tell children about Santa—to explain the inconsistent and illogical legend of God.



And so I thought it was only right to be honest with my children. I am a non-believer, and for years I’ve been on the fringe in my community. As a blogger, though, I’ve found that there are many other parents out there like me. We are creating the next generation of kids, and there is a wave of young agnostics, atheists, free thinkers and humanists rising up through the ranks who will, hopefully, lower our nation’s religious fever.



Here are a few of the reasons why I am raising my children without God.



God is a bad parent and role model.

If God is our father, then he is not a good parent. Good parents don’t allow their children to inflict harm on others. Good people don’t stand by and watch horrible acts committed against innocent men, women and children. They don’t condone violence and abuse. “He has given us free will,” you say? Our children have free will, but we still step in and guide them.



God is not logical.

How many times have you heard, “Why did God allow this to happen?” And this: “It’s not for us to understand.” Translate: We don’t understand, so we will not think about it or deal with the issue. Take for example the senseless tragedy in Newtown. Rather than address the problem of guns in America, we defer responsibility to God. He had a reason. He wanted more angels. Only he knows why. We write poems saying that we told God to leave our schools. Now he’s making us pay the price. If there is a good, all-knowing, all-powerful God who loves his children, does it make sense that he would allow murders, child abuse, wars, brutal beatings, torture and millions of heinous acts to be committed throughout the history of mankind? Doesn’t this go against everything Christ taught us in the New Testament?



The question we should be asking is this: “Why did we allow this to happen?” How can we fix this? No imaginary person is going to give us the answers or tell us why. Only we have the ability to be logical and to problem solve, and we should not abdicate these responsibilities to “God” just because a topic is tough or uncomfortable to address.



God is not fair.

If God is fair, then why does he answer the silly prayers of some while allowing other, serious requests, to go unanswered? I have known people who pray that they can find money to buy new furniture. (Answered.) I have known people who pray to God to help them win a soccer match. (Answered.) Why are the prayers of parents with dying children not answered?



If God is fair, then why are some babies born with heart defects, autism, missing limbs or conjoined to another baby? Clearly, all men are not created equally. Why is a good man beaten senseless on the street while an evil man finds great wealth taking advantage of others? This is not fair. A game maker who allows luck to rule mankind’s existence has not created a fair game.



God does not protect the innocent.

He does not keep our children safe. As a society, we stand up and speak for those who cannot. We protect our little ones as much as possible. When a child is kidnapped, we work together to find the child. We do not tolerate abuse and neglect. Why can’t God, with all his powers of omnipotence, protect the innocent?



God is not present.

He is not here. Telling our children to love a person they cannot see, smell, touch or hear does not make sense. It means that we teach children to love an image, an image that lives only in their imaginations. What we teach them, in effect, is to love an idea that we have created, one that is based in our fears and our hopes.



God Does Not Teach Children to Be Good

A child should make moral choices for the right reasons. Telling him that he must behave because God is watching means that his morality will be externally focused rather than internally structured. It’s like telling a child to behave or Santa won’t bring presents. When we take God out of the picture, we place responsibility of doing the right thing onto the shoulders of our children. No, they won’t go to heaven or rule their own planets when they die, but they can sleep better at night. They will make their family proud. They will feel better about who they are. They will be decent people.



God Teaches Narcissism

“God has a plan for you.” Telling kids there is a big guy in the sky who 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. He knows my purpose. I am special.” The irony is that, while we tell this story to our kids, other children are abused and murdered, starved and neglected. All part of God’s plan, right?



When we raise kids without God, we tell them the truth—we are no more special than the next creature. We are just a very, very small part of a big, big machine–whether that machine is nature or society–the influence we have is minuscule. The realization of our insignificance gives us a true sense of humbleness.



I understand why people need God. I understand why people need heaven. It is terrifying to think that we are all alone in this universe, that one day we—along with the children we love so much—will cease to exist. The idea of God and an afterlife gives many of us structure, community and hope.



I do not want religion to go away. I only want religion to be kept at home or in church where it belongs. It’s a personal effect, like a toothbrush or a pair of shoes. It’s not something to be used or worn by strangers. I want my children to be free not to believe and to know that our schools and our government will make decisions based on what is logical, just and fair—not on what they believe an imaginary God wants.

No matter how good you are or loving you are as a fathet or mother if your son ,after saveral warning decides to leave your home and go to somalia or other far place where you will not be able to protect him,he might end up being beating by wicked people or God forbid other things to befall him.
You have just bought a blender and you call your son and told him the use of the blender but also warn him not to put his hand inside the blender when it is pluged to the sucket and rolling because it would cut his hand. If the child decides to disobey you;does that make you a bad father?
As a loving father you told your children not to fight one another , but they feel they can do what they like and decides to go to the backyard and fight .Does that make you a bad father?
If they continue to disobey you because they feel that they do not have a father or mother and that you do not exist by saying that they are free thinkers,etheists etc What would you do?
As a loving father you will still go after them and assure them of the love you have for them.If they listen ,they will be free of oppression;humiliation hunger,sudden death etc. because they are now living with you and obeying your commands.
That was why God sent His only begotten son Jesus christ to us that who so ever beliveth in him shall not perish but have an everlasting life.John 3:16
The problems of this world started in the garden of Eden.God warned Adam and eve not to eat the the forbidden fruit which he showed them, but they decided to disobey Him by listening to the devil who knew that this is what the world will eventually turned into.
But God has also make a way of escape for you and for me if only we believe and obeying Jesus Christ so as not to spend our eternity in hell fire.
Please do not follow the satanic doctrine of free thinker etc.
You can not know how God loves you if you do not give Him a try.
I am begging you to please pray this night before going to bed that" God if you are there and you are my making and you really love me please show me a sign or talk to me as evidence that you are real".
God is calling you and you do not have to lie to your son any longer.God will surely keep you and your son and watch over you and no evi will befall you and your family in Jesus name.Please pray this night.

The attack is aimed @ the Jewish god, yahweh..

More evil than Amadioha and Obatala combined...

Put satan in the mix too, and they got nothing on Yahweh..


Jesus try improve im papa image small sha...

enilove:

You have just bought a blender and you call your son and told him the use of the blender but also warn him not to put his hand inside the blender when it is pluged to the sucket and rolling because it would cut his hand. If the child decides to disobey you;does that make you a bad father?
As a loving father you told your children not to fight one another , but they feel they can do what they like and decides to go to the backyard and fight .Does that make you a bad father?

No, no, no. Not a bad father but an omni-impotent one.

Lol, keep blaming the created not the creator. If you buy bulldog keep near pikin and the bulldog chop the pikin, na d pikin fault abi?

Nanzens..

enilove:
No matter how good you are or loving you are as a fathet or mother if your son ,after saveral warning decides to leave your home and go to somalia or other far place where you will not be able to protect him,he might end up being beating by wicked people or God forbid other things to befall him.
You have just bought a blender and you call your son and told him the use of the blender but also warn him not to put his hand inside the blender when it is pluged to the sucket and rolling because it would cut his hand. If the child decides to disobey you;does that make you a bad father?
As a loving father you told your children not to fight one another , but they feel they can do what they like and decides to go to the backyard and fight .Does that make you a bad father?
If they continue to disobey you because they feel that they do not have a father or mother and that you do not exist by saying that they are free thinkers,etheists etc What would you do?
As a loving father you will still go after them and assure them of the love you have for them.If they listen ,they will be free of oppression;humiliation hunger,sudden death etc. because they are now living with you and obeying your commands.
That was why God sent His only begotten son Jesus christ to us that who so ever beliveth in him shall not perish but have an everlasting life.John 3:16
The problems of this world started in the garden of Eden.God warned Adam and eve not to eat the the forbidden fruit which he showed them, but they decided to disobey Him by listening to the devil who knew that this is what the world will eventually turned into.
But God has also make a way of escape for you and for me if only we believe and obeying Jesus Christ so as not to spend our eternity in hell fire.
Please do not follow the satanic doctrine of free thinker etc.
You can not know how God loves you if you do not give Him a try.
I am begging you to please pray this night before going to bed that" God if you are there and you are my making and you really love me please show me a sign or talk to me as evidence that you are real".
God is calling you and you do not have to lie to your son any longer.God will surely keep you and your son and watch over you and no evi will befall you and your family in Jesus name.Please pray this night.

End of story.People want to blame God for everything without taking responsibility.Man was created in the image of God.What is man doing with life and all his abilities.