Should we allow our kids to play with kids of a different faith?

You sound like you’re trying to shove Christianity down your kids’ throat. Don’t get me wrong. I am a Christian. But you can’t force it on them. Learn from my mistakes. My kids are teenagers and when I realized what I was doing (I didn’t not let them hang out with other kids but I did look back and realize I was forcing it on them) I let up. They were rebelling when I was forcing it on them. But now we talk about God and what He wants us to do and go to church but I don’t force it on them. They’re more willing to listen to me now. And I’m tired of all these comments about hate. That’s one thing people need to understand. You never said hate in any of your post. People assume Christian’s hate others. Some might but I don’t. They assume that just bc we dislike SOMETHING means we hate SOMEONE. Not the case! I dislike when my kids misbehave. I NEVER hate them. I love everyone with my whole heart.

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You are literally part of the reason everyone hates Christian’s. I was raised in a super Christian household and I was still taught ALL religions. Not having friends outside your religion? Yeah, no. Your children are gonna grow up to resent the church the way I’ve seen other kids grow up because of parents like this.

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Love thy neighbor and let thy kids playeth :tired_face:

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Holy judgemental! This is not of the most rediculous things I’ve ever read!! Shame on you!

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This is just gross on so many levels. I almost feel like this could have been posted prior and sometimes after the civil rights movement but just changing a few words. What happened to “Love Thy Neighbor”. Kids have to choice in religion most of the time till they grow up and start thinking for themselves and what they believe. Would you disown your kids for not being as extreme as you? You should re-read your Bible sounds like you missed a large chunk of it.

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I feel so bad for your kids. You’re sick.

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Never know, they might pillage your family… better steer clear

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Accept the fact that everyone has different values & let your kids play with the other kids. I mean if you don’t want want their kids talking to yours about their religion you should expect the same from yours. 

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Not a very nice post at all

Tbh, I feel it was a question from a mother who wants to make sure her kids get to Heaven. Someone who knows about God and wants to do good by him, but maybe doesn’t understand fully. Everyone hating on her because she wants to ensure good influences on her kids but to not cast out others…

You are absolutely deluded… i feel sorry for your child :pensive:

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I really hope this is a joke. So you’re trying to teach your children that you can’t be friends with people who are different than you or have different views? I never once as a child spoke about religion when playing with anyone. What’s best for your “kiddos” is not to be taught HATE! This makes me sick that you’d even ask this. Smh

Wow… You sure can tell the anti Christians. CHRISTIANS do not hatefully call you names or bash you for a question. I am not Christian or religious in any fashion. But by the hateful comments I suppose you got your answer what may be said to your kids.

Hahahahaha this is ridiculous.

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Way to brain wash your kids. People like you are why I don’t like Christians or organization religion. I think people like you are the absolute worst. You hide what a terrible person you are with religion.

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Nope, definitely don’t let them play with the Pagan family! Pagans and all other religions have been preyed on enough by Christians. Let the new neighbors keep their peace without your family’s bad influence.

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Uhm how many kids do you know trying to convert other children??? Kids want to play not convert each other’s religions. Man I gotta say, I NEVER brought religion to my friends house I was worried about idk PLAYING WITH MY FRIEND. Sad saying this but yes, if you can’t be inclusive toward those innocent children keep yourself and your kids away from them. They don’t need your crap shoved down their throats. And you ma’am for all the trying to not sound a certain way, that’s exactly how you sound. I would suggest finding a all Christian place to vent about others having their own religion because god forbid people are different than you.

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Maybe you should talk to your neighbors about how you feel . I can would say they wouldn’t won’t there kids being influenced by you . You are a hateful person to judge other peoples kids and religion .

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I can’t believe I’m even reading this BS. Absolutely disgusting.

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I’m truly speechless.

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What? Why don’t you start by teaching them that it’s ok to be different? How do you plan on keeping them from being exposed to shit at school? Just let them play and be kids.

Look I understand your faith is important to you. Does your faith teach you to dislike others for their beliefs? You can teach your kids what you believe but it is important to teach them tolerance and live for others.

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One world,one love. Love everyone the only way this is going to survive is everyone accepting each other for who they are its different with toxic people some will change and some aren’t capable of change but don’t stop someone from hanging out with someone cuz they have a different point of view or different religion it’s not right it’s like I teach my boy Love is Love if someone doesn’t respect and love you you leave who cares if they’re white black yellow tall short fat skinny Christian pagan Catholic atheist as long as they treat people right Love is Love

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What the actual fuck?! Is this serious??? Also, all your previous Christmas traditions are PAGAN!!!

And let me also say EVERY one of these judgmental key board warriors would NEVER say anything close to what they said to you if you were change one thing. Christian. Change that to Muslim. See the difference, change it to ANY THING else. You’d get a different more TRY to under stand others. FOH

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You can’t actually be serious right :unamused::unamused: other people are allowed to have different values and that doesn’t make them bad people you really think your kids care about that??? No they want friends to play with

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Guess you missed the part about sharing the good news…

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Are you even a Christian yourself if this is even a concern or question? God wants you to love everyone not who you choose to. What are you teaching your kids by these actions right here? I can see what they will grow up to be if you continue this

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What kind of damn question is this ?! Would their race matter?! Why cant kids just play with kids why does it have to be something it’s not, this is what’s wrong with ppl😑

The crazy part is - they should be questioning if their children should be around your family. Not the other way around :wink:

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Just bath your kids in holy water every night before bed. They will be fine.

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Let their light shine in darkness

Are your kids homeschooled?? Is there a TV, phone, or any other portal to the outside world?

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Ewwww.
Let them know how you feel.
So they can keep their kids away from yours

Or move away before they get too comfy. :roll_eyes::roll_eyes:

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You are the problem in this world.

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And ps you should study your Christian history and beliefs cause your traditions come from pagans :woman_shrugging:t4:fyi

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Maybe you should re-evaluate how “Christian” you really are if you are judging others based solely on what you think about their faith. God loves all.

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This has to be a script.

You’re not a very good Christian. You’re also not teaching your children to be good people, let alone a good Christian.

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How about having a conversation with your kids about how not everyone is Christian, and that’s a choice they made with the right to choose that God gave them and it’s ok. You could also have a conversation with your neibours to see if they are on board with religion being off limits when the children play together. If I where to lable a faith for myself it would be pagen but I also won’t judges others for what they choose to believe, as long as you are a decent human.

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This has got to be the stupidest thing ever!!! In my observations…… the holy rollers who shield their kids from everything…… their kids turn 18 and lose their religion!! I was in the military and you wouldn’t believe the things I saw these kids do and how they spoke about religion!! They went buck wild!! My ex husband was one of them!! Let the kids be kids!! You are their parents will just have to work a little harder at ensuring they know right from wrong I mean get a grip!!! It’s like oh hey Karen I’m sorry we’re a navy family and y’all are marines our kids can’t play together!!! Absolutely ridiculous!!! SMH!!! My best friend is an LDS Mormon our kids played together!! :roll_eyes: you are part of what’s wrong with people today!!

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I wouldn’t worry, probably just bikers :+1:t2:

Is this one for real?

I don’t even want to read this garbage.

I was Christian, and lemme tell ya, as soon as I could, I ran for the hills :rofl:
A good majority of the most judgemental people I have ever met or talked to, have been Christian, which is ironic since you’re supposed to be accepting of everyone :rofl:
But, the tighter you hold your kids, the harder they will rebel later in life

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As you stated you want what is best for your kids, and clearly allowing them to play with other children whose family may have different views than you, is stirring up some issues.

If you don’t want your children to have any outside influences than I suggest you place your children carefully into a bubble.

Best of luck.

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These are all just so fake now.

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I’m a Christian and I don’t believe for a second that the Lord intended for me to avoid people based on their faith. That’s a horrible message to teach and is the opposite of harmony. Furthermore, if your faith is so easily shaken you’re living in a glass house. Don’t do that to your children.

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U people are plain out FOOLISH. Arent u ashamed to ask this?

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There’s those good old christian values. Y’all spew more hate and prejudice bs, than good. It shouldn’t matter what religion they are, love thy neighbor, remember

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Outside influences ? Really ??you are a crazy parent !! Another post that makes you go hummm…

Have you even tried to get to know these people before judging them???

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Doesn’t sound very Christian of you …

Plus- if they go to public school, they’re already exposed to other religions.

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Wouldn’t want these evil neighbors reversing the hard wired years of indoctrination to Christianity now would we?! :rofl::expressionless:

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Jesus interacted with people of all faiths. Here’s an article for reference…

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I wouldn’t want my kid to play with yours based on your hateful attitude, and I’m Christian.

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Next option, race. Good grief, i cant even believe i read this.

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What’s best for your children is multicultural, multi-religious experiences with other human beings. Your children are only borrowed to you. When they get older they will remember everything you did to control them and your beliefs should not be forced down on your children. Let them play with other children. I understand the need to protect your children but this is actually verging on child abuse.

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I want you to unfriend me if you think this question even deserves to be online.

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Or maybe God put your kids there to share Him with the others? As christians we are called to Go!

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YOU are what’s wrong with this world!

Your Bible says love thy neighbor. Not love thy neighbor as long as they share the same beliefs that you do.

You should be teaching your children kindness, love and compassion for their fellow human being. Not that they can’t associate with someone because of their religion, political beliefs, skin color or gender identity.

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Holy shit. Do you seriously think they’ll never run into someone of another faith? Don’t you think you should teach them how to accept others and learn to deal with people different than them?

Dang why all the angry reacts? Their was a post on this group yesterday of a mom looking for other atiest moms and they literally were all like dont judge people . Yet heres this thread :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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I agree with the good old Christian values nothing but hatred y’all have nothing nice to say. You want to keep your family pure but by the way this sounds you’re all going to go to hell. Teach your children not to judge someone based on anything other than who they are as a person. In America we have freedom of religion for a reason. Get a life

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Jamie Moses yet here you are spewing hate?

And you are are whats wrong with todays society….hate and discrimination is taught in many forms, this being one

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Why am I not shocked that this has come from a “Christian” family aka the most judgemental, racist, homophobic, pathetic religion in the world. The funniest thing is most Christians don’t even follow their own preachings seen as Christianity is meant to be about loving thy neighbour as stated in their Bible and I never remember the Bible saying to love thy neighbour as long as they are the same race, religion, sexual preference etc as you are if they ain’t then you can hate and try to destroy them :roll_eyes::roll_eyes::roll_eyes:

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Fun fact moose Christian holidays were stolen or copied from pagan holidays and if you were real Christians you would accept and love everybody but you sound like those people that go to church on Sunday and pray for forgiveness and worship your so-called God but then go out and treat everybody like shit and think that you’re better than everybody when in fact you’re not

You can’t keep them sheltered for the rest of their lives. I figure it’s best to have them exposed to real life now so you can help them navigate their way through life while still under your room and your wings with your guidance. What would they do as teens or adults going to school or working with Pagan people?

Wow… I hope this is a troll post, cuz if this is real you need help…

You’re an idiot! Your kids are gonna live lonely lives because of this. Other parents do not push religion on other children! Kids are kids they don’t care about religion

Then you need some more practice. Christians don’t even know what a Christian is anymore. This is just so sad. You practice religiously, yet you don’t even understand the most basic part. Love everyone. And Also, they are children. Let them play.

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Teaching close mindedness to others religions is not what is best for the kiddos… Coming from a Pagan herself… But why am I not surprised from a Christian… She already sounds so disconnected from reality that she has to ask that question…

How can your kids tell others about Christ is they can’t be around them to show Christ’s love? Teach your children to be strong enough in their faith to be able to be friends with people who have different beliefs. Don’t teach them to be so arrogant that they won’t give them the time of day. What kind of witness is that? I understand you’re concerned, but I am a Christian, and have grown up in church my entire life. Never once did my parents tell me I couldn’t be friends with someone of a different belief system or background.

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From what I remember as a child we Never discussed our faith while we were playing with our friends :woman_shrugging:t2: we were more focused on who’s mud pie was bigger or who’s bike was faster! Did I miss the conversation on religion? Guess my friends were boring :rofl::rofl:

Lmfao … so do you only interact with Christians?? Oh no … Wait …Are we only supposed to reply if we are Christians?? :roll_eyes: You absolutely could not sound more judgemental right now. The way you’re trying to raise your children right now with this BS will probably turn them against their faith. smfh

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Or maybe you can realize that your Christian values were mostly taken from pagan traditions? So what you’re saying is you want your kids to stay and you’re thinking and not have an open mind about things? Why don’t you just be tolerant and let your children decide. If God is that strong then they should be fine because of your faith right?

Please for the love of Christ, don’t reproduce anymore :woman_facepalming:t2: you might want to look at your bible, LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR, the only heathen scum here I see is you. Shame on you for limiting your childrens growth and development based on some bullshit YOU concocted in your head.

Never once have I heard kids sit around and talk about religion with other kids. And the comment about “I don’t want their kids to hurt ours…” are you freaking serious??! Your kids have a better chance of “being hurt” by other Christian kids!!! Maybe educate yourself on paganism before judging (which is extremely unchristian of you). :roll_eyes::woman_facepalming:t2: I really hope this post is fake!

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Wow… with that kind of attitude, I wouldn’t allow my kids to be around you ( the adult ) If you judge children based on their parents beliefs, I don’t need that kind of influence around mine.
Speaking as a Pagan who has a 14 year old Christian, you suck as a parent.

Why can’t they know about other religions? When they’re older you won’t be able to control who they talk to. This may lead to a divide when they are older

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You can’t shelter your kids from ppl that believe different :rofl: you can also teach all you want but true Christians don’t judge like this, in the name of “I just want what’s best”. I can’t believe this is real. Hope your kids dont grow up to be gay I’m sure you’ll disown them

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I have never jumped into the comment section faster, assssss soon as I read that first sentence :rofl:

Don’t ask the internet’s opinion. You do what’s best for your family and pray about it :black_heart:

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This is just sad :joy::joy::joy:

What’s best for kids is parents letting them interact with all aspects of the world, whether that be other foods, religions, people…we can’t shelter and indoctrinate them because we think we are keeping them “safe”. They’ll resent us for keeping them sheltered when they get older.

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So they are kids I am sure they are not gonna sit around and talk religion. They are gonna want to play… you need help. You give Christians a bad name.

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Then explain to your kids the difference in religions and beliefs. My kids are from 2-25 they know who God is they know they’re Mama is a God fearing woman. They also know of catholics and budism, jevoha witnesses catholic and even atethist. What we told them is it’s their right to chose. There’s only one god one love in my eyes idk what type of Christian you are but I don’t push religion on anyone and I would never worry my kids could be influences any way except their own free will. They very much know all types of people and they know people are entitled to their own beliefs. If my 5 year old knows this YOU can teach your children also. It’s truly a choice it all starts at home. Don’t worry about the neighbors if you plan to send your kids to highschool or colleges they will hear alot worse there.

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Hun I hate to tell u this but they’re gonna have outside influences at some point or another. Do u have enough faith in them to know they can play with kids of other faiths and still keep their own? Cause if not, there’s ur problem. Not the other kids fault.

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Let them be children and remember it is not our place to judge others.

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How very christianly of you? You do realize Jesus was Jewish right? :grimacing:

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What’s best for you kids is to learn to care for a respect other people regardless of their religious beliefs. That starts with you the parent being able to care for and respect other people. Idk what Christianity you follow exactly but this isn’t mainstream Christianity.

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This can’t be real :flushed: You don’t sound very Christian. Your children are far more influenced by you and their home environment. Also……The Christian religion was literally derived from Pagan customs and rituals. Please let kids be kids!

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They are going to get much more exposed later in life. My parents tried their best to shelter me… and it caused me to choose atheism and full blown rebellion for all of their rules. Fast forward, I had a rock bottom experience and turned to Christ - Now I am a pentecostal and I raise my kids in the church, but I tell them that I want them to experience life, and then make that choice for themselves to choose God. It’s not my job to force God on my kids. It’s my job to equip them biblically to be able to overcome whatever they face, and to teach them to love others the way that Christ loves.

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Pretty sure most beliefs aren’t shoved down children’s throats quite like yours, pretty sure pagan raised children aren’t sneaking in to wreck your children’s chance to get in good with the sky daddy

I’d just lock them in the house and pray about it. Smdh.

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Sounds really Christian of ya to judge them without even knowing them🤦‍♀️

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That’s tough, about pagan, id say monitor and get to know everyone, love thy neighbors

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I think you’re being a little ridiculous. I understand your concern given the fact that Christians are constantly trying to convert other’s to their religion. However in my experience Christians are the only ones who make their religion a focal point. I’ve never met a pagan who tried to convert another person to paganism. They tend to respect that other’s have different religious beliefs and leave it at that. Besides I don’t see the big issue all the big Christian holidays are stolen pagan holidays and alot of the traditions surrounding these holidays are also based on pagan traditions. So I’m really having a hard time seeing the problem…

God I’m just gonna pray as this mother claims you as her King she finds the holy spirit in her soul and heart! Obedience is needed in your life as a Christian. Do not just claim it represent it :pray::raised_hands::heartpulse: