Again, trying to bring me into it. The Creator's love is demonstrated by sending his Son, one in being with Him, to die for us all. That is where the love is demonstrated. Love is desiring eternal happiness for all people.
Your values, and your statements on issues such as this, are a reflection of the religious beliefs you have, and the version of God you worship. For you to be as contemptuous as you are towards those who are SSA, or do not believe as you do, does not speak of the sort of values I want to teach my child. And frankly this is what parents do.... they give their kids values which makes them (hopefully) become good human beings. Sparky's kids for example obviously have the value of hard work (college athletes in the toughest sport), and education, among other things I am sure. With the psyche major having the value of helping people who are hurting. Those are some darn good values.
Good parents teach the values they deem important.... through education, by example, by being strict with them, by setting consistant rules, by being parents not friends, and by letting them know they are loved. All that of that has nothing to do with "forcing" my views on my child. Nor do I "keep her away" from the Christian religion - almost impossible in a nation where the majority are Christian. And she can read the Bible or go to church if she wants. I just led her away from it because it offered virtually no values we don't already have, and teaches some values and information I'd rather she not get indocrinated with.
If you are using posts on a message board to decide what to teach and not teach your daughter i would recommend looking elsewhere. You see examples of love from how people live and interact with others, not from late night political arguments between screennames. but i'm sure you know that.
Message boards are obviously just a small part of what I use to teach. I try to use a little of almost everything. But they are useful in that people will cloak what they say in normal discourse, but when in a venue such as this, they get an opportunity to say what they really think. Even more so when they post anonymously (though not many here do). Then you get a better picture into what they think of folks who are not like they are.
I wouldn't be so sure about the values thing. I've known hardcore atheists for life who converted in an instant. It can and does happen. And i shouldn't have to tell you that it is quite common for kids to go a different way than their parents eventually.
If the kids are taught with love, care, consistancy, and concern, they usually follow their parents. If this wasn't the case then within a generation we would not live in a Christian majority country, and those who live in Hindu dominated countries wouldn't be Hindu, and those who live in Muslim dominated countries would no longer be Muslim. Obviously this is absurd. So sure, there are always exceptions, but they are the exceptions. It would take a person such as myself, or Reni, to basically through away our values, and even a good part of our education. We would not be the people we are. I just can't imagine anything that could get us to do that. If anything what we are going through now is one of those "lifetime" intense scary unknown situations..... and there isn't even a hint of "conversion", or the desire of it, for either of us.
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