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

Um I don’t even know how to answer this. I guess I get where your coming from ina kinda weird way :woozy_face: but I’m pretty sure Jesus sat with a whore at the well, he sat with sinners, he told a murderer on the cross he would be greeted in heaven…pretty sure you are not living by true Christian values if this is what you believe. The Bible says judge not lest you be judged.

You really think their kids will hurt your kids because of a bumper sticker on their car? :roll_eyes: And so what if they are pagan? You really think they’ll harm your kids, as if christians don’t do that everyday? :unamused:

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So whoever runs this page. …maybe do a better job at letting people to fk off ? We don’t need this energy

What is this the 8th century England? Yikes. So your children cannot play with Jewish children? Or Muslims? What if you never saw the sticker on the vehicle? You would have no idea.

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You freaking Christian’s pick and choose what parts of the Bible you want to go with. I thought it was “love they neighbor” or some bs like that? Plus… they’re kids. They probably don’t know any different about anything. “I don’t want to bash anyone” but you are!!! Please don’t call yourself Christian… or I mean do, cause most of them are horrible mean ppl so…

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Umm yeah why not wtf :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

Reverse your words? Wouldn’t it be wrong for you not to allow your children to play with them. Have you thought your children might teach them about Our God? Your children will eventually be exposed to Transgenders, and different sexual orientations. Let them know what society is really like. Not what you want it to be. You are not being Christian by judging them on their different religion. Go let your children be children.

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Genuinely starting to feel like this is a satire page :roll_eyes:

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As a child who was raised as a jehovahs witness, I have to say I wasn’t allowed to have friends with anyone that wasn’t the same,so I literally had 0 friends ,I was miserable and turned into a complete wild child, so don’t make them too sheltered it may come back to bite you

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Religious people like this scare me

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Let them play together!

Definitely don’t let your kids play with them. They don’t need your holier than thou judgemental ways inflicted upon them. Maybe ask them to teach you how to be a more open loving and accepting human.

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I’d never let my kids around people like you.

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Is this a serious question???

What happens when they start school ??
You may as well lock them up now till they’re 18 :roll_eyes::roll_eyes:

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The way I look at it is this, you were raised with Christian values and at some point in your life got introduced to different points of view regarding faith and yet you still believe and follow Christianity. Your children will inevitably learn about other peoples beliefs as well. I think it would be good to sit down with them and explain that this is what we believe and that’s what they believe and that’s okay because people are allowed that freedom to believe what they want. Maybe even talk about how amazing that fact is that we can proudly say what religion we are and what we believe and don’t have to hide it.

I think it a very unChristian thing to do, to judge people who believe differently than you do. Children, of all people! As if their parents’ choices were their own. We are supposed love everyone, even those we don’t agree with.

Christians are supposed to love with the unconditional love of Christ. And if you’re doing anything less you’re doing it wrong.

And as someone who is a newly saved Christian who has explored different religions for many years, this is the stuff that makes people turn away from Christianity.

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There are some judgemental hussies on here. Sheesh.

Lady plainly stated she was in no way trying to offend a soul.

Mama, this is a perfect opportunity to teach your babies that not everyone has the same perspective, but to be steadfast and firm in your beliefs regardless.

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oh wow. do you have enough bubble wrap to cocoon them for the rest of their lives? smh

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Kids are kids… maybe you should associate with people from all kinds of religions and places…so you can stop being so ignorant :roll_eyes:

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Let kids be kids, stop teaching your kids to be judgemental, accept and teach them, that they will become part of a society as they grow older with diversity…

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There are other religions In the world. Your kids are going to learn about them. If it really worries you I’d talk to the other parents and express your concerns. They’ll either talk to you and you’ll feel better or they’ll tell you where to go

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How about? What if you shelter them and force them and they still hate your religion?!

Education is important. Especially about religion and cultural.

God created the world, no?

And weed! Go smoke and chill

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Let them play together, kids dont discuss that stuff. You are part of the reason the world is the way it is now. You are hurting your child & teaching them to be racist, so u obviously ignoring your beliefs too.

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What about the part of the bible where Jesus taught you to love thy neighbor :rofl::joy::rofl::face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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As a Christian this makes me quite sad… behavior and insight ike this is what truly gives Christians a bad name :broken_heart::broken_heart::broken_heart: trust God that he will always lead your kids in the direction they need to go.
You can’t keep them from other beliefs forever, you’re supposed to trust they will guide themselves with what you’ve taught them…
God bless you…

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Y’all are Hypocrites

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You’ve already made up your mind so why are you wasting your time asking for our opinions? If it’s for validation, good luck, because you already know your views are gross.

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Doesn’t it say in the Bible that you shouldn’t judge?? If your children are not allowed to play and live they will most likely turn out the complete opposite of how you want them and shame on you for assuming that just because people have different beliefs they would affect your kids in any way

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Wow this is disturbing. Not very nice people!!

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Wow, just wow… how can this even be a question?! Who cares if you’re Christian and they have a different faith. We’re all humans, I really hope your children don’t grow up to have hatred towards other people because of you, you should be teaching them to love anyone regardless of their race or beliefs . They’re growing up in a Christian home so chances are that’s what their beliefs are going to be but if not one day they choose a different religion are you gonna love them any less because of that?

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What happens if your kids grow up and fall in love with someone of a different religions

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That’s not very Christian of you. This is an opportunity to teach your children how to accept and love others even though they don’t believe the same things. Do you think they’ll never find out about another religion? That’s unrealistic.

If it helps you at all I grew up around plenty of Christian friends, and I’m still not Christian and they still are very Christian. If your religion is meant for your kids no one can take it from them.

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This post can’t be real :woman_facepalming:t2:

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Oh honey…that is not how the real world works. Let them be exposed to different faiths and belief systems. Let them learn about it all! You can still hold true to your faith at the same time

Some of the shit I read on here :woman_facepalming: I wish this was the only major problem I had to worry about :joy: let the kids be kids and play!!

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Kids are kids before either of your beliefs have indoctrinated them. Let them play. Good grief

What’s best is NOT judging people by their beliefs and letting kids just play, make friends and be kids. We are allowed to have friends in different circles of life. I was raised catholic and 2 of my cloest friends at school were Jehovah Witness. It never freaking mattered :woman_facepalming::woman_facepalming:

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Guess it depends. If youve taught your kids how to be decent human beings and the other kids parents taught them the same then there wont really be a problem. Depends on how the kids are taught. Give the kids a chance to meet before you lock the jailhouse gate haha but contrary to what all these people are feelin, you dont have to let your kids play with other kids cuz they believe in different things. You dont have to accept different beliefs that are contrary to yours. As long as you aint being cruel to people its ok to be different whether you accept or dont accept those differences. Like it or hate it folks

LMMFAAAOOOOO yeahhhh real christian

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Your kids are going to :sparkles:hate​:sparkles: you

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I allow my children to have their own beliefs. Which means I allow my children to be around children with their own beliefs.

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Do you know what a Christian is ?

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I am friends with people that have different faiths as mine,best people I know…sorry you feel this way,and I will pray for your children

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Sorry but you’re not a true Christian if you don’t want your children play with others who are raised differently. You ma’am are a stereotypical religious hypocrite.

What happened to “love thy neighbour as thy self” ? :thinking:

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faith is complete trust and confidence in something or someone. Which do you not have trust and confidence in, your kids or your religion?

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How about have your kids decided what religions or beliefs they want or need on their own & if the other kids start taking just answer questions your kids might have.

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Children don’t judge. They are taught to. If your faith and values are strong then you shouldn’t have anything to worry about. And honestly the last thing kids talk about is religion.

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You can’t shield them from the world forever

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This might be a better question in a Christian mom group…I can invite you to one I’m in if you want.

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god has the worst fan base

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How long are you gonna protect them from that influence? They are gonna grow up eventually …

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Umm yes that was the dumbest question I have ever heard of. Why?‽ they should experience different religions if they believe in it or not. Let them be themselves and not what you want them to be. And please don’t take this the. wrong way but don’t pressure them in to being something you believe in.

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You should never force something onto your children let them decide the path they want to go. Just because that’s how you and your husband grew up doesn’t necessarily mean your babies are gonna choose the same path. Let them be kids don’t hold them back from a childhood kids need to be kids they need friends even if they’re not the kind of people you’d usually mix with.

I think and know you’re just trying to protect your children but at what cost? Sometimes we have to do things we really don’t want to but it’s usually for the best for your children. I’ve always said that my son needs to learn the right kind of people to the wrong and that’s why I’ll never hold him back from making friends with anyone of religion or not.

The only way our children learn is by seeing so show them to be who they want to be let them be who they want to be because you never know further down the track they might grow to resent you or rebel against you because you chose to hold them back. :heart:

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Pagans are the nicest people full of positivity and don’t push their beliefs on others much like many Christians do. They certainly won’t bring it up to your kids but will answer questions if your child asks. They are kids let them play for all you know your child may choose a Pagan path as an adult. Maybe do more research and find out exactly what it’s about before judging people who follow. I’m a proud Pagan but grew up Methodist.

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everyday in school they are influence every day by horrible teachers

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Oh ffs. No, I would not recommend inflicting your overbearing views on that family’s children :upside_down_face:

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Let them play and be kids! Not like they are devil worshipers give me a break.

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You teach your children to live in the world. Not in a bubble. If you teach them and not brain wash them they will stay true to your teachings. You should teach them to be excepting of all people . That is WHAT TRUE CHRISTIANS TEACH

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Thats like the LAST thing kids need to be worried about when playing with other kids…

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So as adults they must
Learn to navigate different views on life love and religion?

I think the Pagan neighbors should be questioning whether or not they should let their kids play with yours.
As Christians, we are supposed to love our neighbors… To deny your children a good friend based on your misguided thought is not fair.

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:eyes:…I’m speechless. Yes you should, the Lord teaches one should love thy neighbor, a generalisation of Mark 12:31 KJV

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You know, furthermore, never have I ever had pagans come door to door to tell me all the wonders of paganism.
I’ve never received anonymous letters preaching the greatness of allah.
I’ve never been told I need to seek enlightenment because I wore an above the knee skirt.

I have however had Christian recruitment for churches come to my door more times than I can count.
I’ve received Christian based letters from those in the local community telling me how great Christianity is, (different sectors of Christianity, of course.)
I’ve been told I need jesus for wearing that skirt.

I don’t think you need to worry about pagan kids telling your kids about their gods.
The pagan kids however might need to worry about yours though.

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And what happens when they turn 18 then what no amount of church or religion will stop anyone to do what they want - we all turn out great

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UNBELIEVABLE :rage:
YOU ARE SETTING YOUR KIDS UP
FOR FAILURE for one & for two,
IF YOU STAY THINKING LIKE THAT
YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING :flushed:
IM IN DISBELIEF :roll_eyes:

Kids don’t judge, they learn it from their parents.
And that’s not your doing your judging them without even knowing them.
Let the kids be kids and have fun

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I can see how it could be scary to allow our children to interact with other religions, I know, don’t hate on me just yet! Most of that uncertainty comes from our own ignorance. We fear what we don’t know. So take the time as a parent to understand their beliefs, maybe talk to the parents, tel them that you are Christian and would like to learn about their beliefs or Google it. Communication will open up the dialogue between y’all.

Imagine they saying, I don’t want my children playing with those Christians.

Bottom line, educate yourself, so that when/if your children come to you with questions on any religion. (My son was young during 9-11, the whole world turned against Islam out of ignorance. Our church had a series of classes to educate us about the Islam faith and their beliefs and customs.

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We are a Christian family and my kids play with whoever they have a connection with, yes our children have asked why so and so doesn’t believe in god or have came and told us that they were told this and that but we assure them that Jesus loves everybody near and far and that he died on that cross for every soul in this earth even if they aren’t close to him. God is love & it’s what we try to teach our children :two_hearts:

Most of the time kids are talking about games, sports, school.

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They’re playing not preaching :woman_facepalming:t3:

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unless they are never allowed to have fun that doesn’t involve church I highly doubt kids are thinking about religion, let them be kids!

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This probably isn’t the best place to ask this question… Go to your pastor or a trusted Christian friend, not a group full of unbelievers.

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So I’m guessing you don’t celebrate Christmas, New Year’s Day, Easter, Labor Day and every other holiday adopted by Christian’s from pagans? Just because someone has a different faith as you do doesn’t make them any less of a human being. Being Christian means accepting people of all different faiths just as you would expect them to accept you. Hanging out with people of different faiths will teach your children that you are accepting and kind and will ground them even further in faith. Sheltering them will grow hate in their hearts.

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Wow! Really? I’m so glad that my mom didn’t have this attitude. The great friendships I would’ve missed out on. Same goes for my own kids. I would never limit their friendships to our religion. This is so messed up.

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Do you celebrate Christmas and Halloween? Cause those originated from people who were Pagan. Let your kids play with others, they will learn about other religions eventually, you can’t keep them in a bubble all their life.

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Honestly, kids don’t just randomly talk about god… there kids they want to play outside, play sports, play games etc… and as a Christian I would have thought you wouldn’t judge others you would love everyone… your kids one day may see how you stop them from doing stuff in there lives and that could lead to problems, I have 5 kids, and I choose my battles definitely! If there’s a neighbour with kids you damn right I’ll allow them to play while me and there mom sit and drink wine :crazy_face: just kidding. But I definitely don’t see it as an issue

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Why don’t you report them to your fellow Christians and burn them at the stake? Holy moly… I can’t believe this is actually even a question.

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They’re kids. I know when i was a kid playing with my neighbors we never talked about organized religion or faith, did you?

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So it’s ok for Christianity to take a bunch of Pagan beliefs and holidays and make their own, but it’s not ok to socialise or be friends with Pagans because they are a “bad influence”… :woozy_face:

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I can’t even :rofl::woman_facepalming::raised_hand:

This sounds like you are teaching your kids to be judgy…gross

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I think you should allow the kids to play with who ever after all humanity values are what’s important. That’s like asking should your kids play with a separate ethnicity, we all come from the same person practice your Christian values would you care if the were catholic black or Mexican, I think you should let kids be kids.

Damn what happened to “love thy neighbor as thyself”? :joy:

As a Christian myself, you’re supposed to love everybody, treat everybody with respect and kindness, regardless of their religion. And not judge. I had a best friend that didn’t believe in God and is gay. We respected each others beliefs and it wasn’t discussed. We’re still best friends to this day, although now she has turned to God :heart: I still don’t believe in her lifestyle but it’s not my place to judge. I think you should let your kids play if they want. They’re kids.

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I would protect my children from your children :roll_eyes::roll_eyes::roll_eyes::roll_eyes::roll_eyes: I bet they’ll shove god down their throats :woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4:!!! I can’t with religious people like you, it’s an obligation for everyone to know “god” aka sky daddy but God forbid your kids learn about others religion :woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4::woman_facepalming:t4:

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Just let them be kids n play, if they have questions they will…

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Why? Because they may realize that the discriminatory beliefs of their parents are actually bullshit?
People like you are why so many people dispise Christians and their exclusionary faux love bullshit.
Fun fact: if there is a God of any faith, he thinks you are a douchebag.

Wait, do your children play with children and talk about religion? Come on. Aren’t we suppose to love and accept thy neighbor? Hmmmm

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Yuck you say ur a Christian yet judge others and want ur kids to judge too obviously! Say ur a Christian without saying ur a “Christian”

Well that’s not very Christian behavior :woman_shrugging:t2:

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Bet you put up your pagan christmas tree each year.

:christmas_tree:

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Really with what the world is going through. And your worry is kids making friends Ahh. Don’t send them to school

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Leave the religion out of it on both sides and let the kids be kids.

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As a Pagan, I have known many people of all different faiths and some of the most kind, loving, and moral people happen to be Pagan and some (not all) of the meanest people happen to be Christian. The world is full of people of all kinds.

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Kids aren’t going to be talking about any of that, and their parents won’t be either. I had neighbors growing up who were strict Christians. Kids were not allowed to watch tv nor listen to music unless it was Christian based. I thought it was bizarre when I found out! We never talked about it, and it never made a difference. We had a blast hanging out together. I’m very glad their parents allowed them to have us all as friends. We all came from different backgrounds and faiths.

Please tell me this is a sick joke…. I thought Christians were accepting…… wait I forgot it’s the witch community that’s welcoming and compassionate their children see yours and are accepting of the differences they have, only for the hatred of the unknown in your heart to overwhelm and and judge children individuals like yourself are the reason the bible has been misinterpreted and twisted to the degree that many are leaving the religion all together. SMH

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Absolutely! You can definitely have your faith and allow your children to know some people believe differently and there isn’t anything wrong with that

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Your kids will grow up one day and join the real world.Believe me when I say 18 years flies by so quickly. Wouldn’t it be wonderful for your adult children to one day say to you “I appreciate you raising us with strong beliefs and guidance but always allowing us to love and appreciate others even if they didn’t worship the same as us.” Open hearts and minds is probably one of the greatest gifts we can instill in our kids in my opinion.

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If I were your neighbours I wouldn’t want my children playing with your children purely based on your way of thinking!!!

It is you who is doing the harm!!!

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“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.””
‭‭Mark‬ ‭12:30-31‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/114/mrk.12.30-31.NKJV

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How very Christian of you.

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Wow … The hypocrisy. Why I left the church years ago

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