• Therefore@aussie.zone
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    11 months ago

    My 5 yr old came home from school last week asking about heaven, as at least one of her friends are catholic. It’s chilling how little control over religion you have when it comes to younger kids, and it’s the age where indoctrination is most effective. It’s tough to know what to say…

    • there are tons of adults who think they have the same imaginary friend who really doesn’t exist.

    • people look for balance to the idea of their own mortality so they made up religion, then it was coopted by those looking to assume its authority.

    • friend’s parents are wrong and their dog/grandma didn’t go to heaven cause it doesn’t exist.

    Obviously not those haha. Good luck though with your little one!

    • Echinoderm@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      11 months ago

      My 5 year old believes that unicorns exist, they are just really good at hiding in the forest. I’m not going to tell them that it’s not true.

      The best I’ve been able to come up with is saying some people believe in god, some people don’t. Some people believe in ghosts, some people don’t. Everyone believes in different things, we can let them believe that without believing it ourselves.