10 Reasons You Shouldn't Tell Your Kids About God

I fully stand by #10.

Thank you to Yanely Del Rosario for providing captioning help!

[jackiecook]

When a child starts questioning Santa it's time to come clean and praise them for their critical thinking.

[jhill]

A person I once worked with stated he didn't like Sesame Street because it taught children to be self reliant and not rely on god.

[artgoat]

Heck, I've heard people say that their house pets are "Republican."

[spiffy]

“Teach then how to think. Not what to think.” That’s brilliant

[paulymac]

I'm not an atheist but this guy makes more sense than any pastor I've ever heard.

[Djr]

I'm an Atheist but I used to be a Catholic, I so wish as a child I never had religion shoved down my throat. I have and always will have emotional scars due to religion

[yramnadlor]

I'm from the Philippines, a christian country. Like everyone is addicted to different kinds of fellowship and religions. Everytime I tell someone I don't believe in God, they look at me like the most evil person in the world. To be honest, people who go to church are the ones who judge others, they are those who are greedy and they are those who don't know the true meaning of kindness. I feel sorry for them really.

[jimmyb]

''''My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you Frank Zappa

[bigearl]

My sons don't know what a church is, they call big churches "castles"

[brucenichols]

"There is no such thing as a religious child they are children of religious parents!" Richard Dawkins

[justaperson]

As someone who is currently losing my faith, I don't think I could ever raise my child in religion. My "deconverting" process has been nothing but painful and scary and I would not wish it upon anyone.

[WaskiSquirrel]

I wish I had been spared from religion. I wasted 40+ years of my life believing I was being judged and watched, and made a lot of bad choices as a result. The freedom now is wonderful, but I had to arrive at it the hard way.

[kaninma]

"Everything becomes a group project where God just sits on the sidelines and gets all the credit." Good observation!

[bobbydobalina]

I remember when the microwave worked in mysterious ways.

[IvanSensei]

If God truly exist, wants us to know he exists, has infinite wisdom knowledge and power.. then he doesn't need ME to convince others of his existence. I'm pretty sure with his infinite power and his infinite wisdom he'd be able to figure out a better way, than to have flawed dumb humans talk 10.000 different versions of him.

[nannywhumpers]

Yeah, my kids learned about god when a friend asked them to go to church with them. They were curious and they were old enough, and smart enough, to handle the experience. They went and came back with questions. I did my best to answer, and we went to the library (this was back before internet is what it is now). My son started reading the bible. From the beginning. He's now atheist. He investigated other religions, and found similarities. Now he's a writer who pulls from ancient stories of all gods. I'm pretty proud of him.
My daughter is spiritual, she believes there might be a higher power and occasionally prays, that's okay as well, cause she is also very verbal about what she wants and needs. I'm proud of both of them.

[InfiDale]

Being an atheist just means that you don’t believe in a god. You’re good people. You do it for the right reasons. Keep up the good fight! ✊🏼

[aadam]

Thank you for being a part of my self liberation journey!

[thelyrebird]

Should be subtitled "or send your kids to a religious school" as well.

[nesbo]

“Teach them how to think, not what to think” 🙌🏼