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I don't quite know what to call myself. I do believe in god and an afterlife but I do not subscribe to any particular religion. I hold beliefs that go along with several very different religions.

With that said, I try to educate my children about any religion they have questions about. I kinda let them bring it up to me as they become aware of the different religions. I am always sure to tell them that it's ok to believe in whatever they want or not to believe in anything at all. My main goal in raising them aside from their own happiness, is to ensure they are kind and loving to their fellow human beings so if they chose a belief system that promoted any type of hatred, then I wouldn't be supportive of that, but otherwise I'm happy as long as they are happy and secure in their own beliefs. Currently, my 13 year old son doesn't seem to hold any strong beliefs and my 8 year old daughter is a christian and attends church with my mother. My little ones are too young to choose religious beliefs at this time.

My daughter knows that some people do not believe in God, she also knows that some people think there are other gods. I teach them that Jesus Christ is "the way, the truth, and the life" because that is what we believe.

I used to identify as a Christian, but I don't anymore... but I still believe some of the stuff about Jesus but feel like I'm more universalistic in my belief system now. God presents himself to different people in different ways. We are also exploring Buddhism and my husband recently got involved with Reiki. We still believe that there is one God and that he created this, though the details aren't really clear.

I'm kind of lost sometimes when my son asks me certain questions. If I really don't know I just say, I don't know. But I have told him that different people believe different things about God. I don't really discuss it unless he asks questions and when he does I address them in the best way I know how.

I'm atheist, but Dh and his family are church going Christians. I do not feel its right to try to sway them any which direction unless they were to find themselves in some awful cult or something. Both boys go to church every Sunday, I don't. I wan them to be open minded in the future and know that there are "options" out there

You can teach them about different religions without swaying them. I'm not very religious, neither is my husband but we do believe in God. We don't know what to call ourselves   "Believers" I guess. IMO, choosing a religion isn't important at the age my kids are. (2 and 4). When they are older and understand, I'd recommend that they take a world religion class that they usually offer in middle school and high school.

I'm a Christian but I have friends that are Atheist, Wiccan, etc. My cousin is Jewish so my son is around a lot of different cultures and religions.
I'm extremely open minded (my best friends are same sex couples and he calls them Aunt Gail and Aunt Sack   It's so cute.) and I teach him to be accepting of other's beliefs, to treat everyone with courtesy, dignity and respect.
He has learned the basics of different religions and although he's still young (3.5 yo) I will let him decide....and whichever path he decides to choose I will support him and love him just as much.

M husband and I are non religious. We dont really identify as agnostic because we don't believe in any kind of higher being, but we are spiritual in that we believe in karma and other energies. We also believe in a version of reincarnation here on earth or in other "dimensions" for lack of a better word. Nature and the earth and all its bounties as well as the people who love us are where we place our gratitude, as opposed to giving thanks to god or jesus for what we have. We speak openly about our own beliefs to our kids as if it is just fact, because that's how we feel. But they have also been exposed to many other main stream (and not so main stream) religions. Our whole extended family is catholic so our kids hear a lot about those beliefs, and we just tell them as much as we can about that religion and any religion they ask us about.

We obviously let them know that we don't follow any of those religions because we don't believe there is a God, heaven, hell, etc. but that it's not a bad thing to believe in and that lots of really wondrful people do follow religions. Also, our oldest is 6 and he knows that if he ever wants to experiment with religion or start attending church we would be more than happy to help him investigate that choice.

I'm atheist. My kids go to church with their grandparents sometimes and ask questions about God and Jesus, which I answer as neutrally as possible.

Quoting Ryloonjimama:" My family is atheist, including SO, I classify myself as agnostic. My children are 3 & 5 and they know ... [snip!] ... a God, in the way that you are trying to let them make up their own minds or do you mould them into believing what you believe?"

Members of religions teach their children about their own religion. I am an atheist and I reserve the same right with my own children. We don't believe in any sort of religious nonsense and we do not teach our children of them either. If they hear things at school or wherever and ask questions we will answer them appropriately but we will make it clear that we do not believe in it at all. A few months ago our five year old told us some story about Grandma telling him about the bible and Jesus. We told him that the bible and Jesus are something that Grandma believes in and we don't. We told him that the bible is a made up story just like the stories we read before bedtime but some people believe what is in it is actually true. We are not going to encourage in any way, shape or form a belief in some sort of deity because we think do not think it is a good thing.

My husband and I are two different religions, Wicca and Christian, we just kind of mix both our beliefs in. My husband is a pretty laid back Christian so it works well for us. We also plan on teaching our girls about other religions, cultures, and what not as they get older.

I mean I went to three different churches of different religions growing up out of curiosity. We also go to different local festivals once a year sponsored by different churches, temples, and so forth. It is up to our kids what they decide to believe in, I do believe exposing them to different beliefs is a good thing..

I don't plan on teaching my kids about religion. If they have questions I will answer them the best I can. They can learn religion on their own when they are older. I just truly hope they don't chose religion

My husband is Sikh and my children have learned about it a little, I would like them to learn a lot more. He believes in god and so do the children as of now. When they are older I will expose them to other religions and when they are much older I will share my own atheist beliefs. Perhaps they will come to the same conclusions about religion that I did as a child. For now though the Sikhism is tied in so much with their culture that I prefer for them to learn that.

Quoting Masturkate TTC:" Members of religions teach their children about their own religion. I am an atheist and I reserve the ... [snip!] ... going to encourage in any way, shape or form a belief in some sort of deity because we think do not think it is a good thing."

I promise I'm not trying to be antagonistic...just genuinely curious  

but why do you and your husband feel that belief in god is not a good thing? I mean, I can totally understand why extremist views are bad but why do you feel just holding a belief in a higher power is bad? Do you feel like in doing so, people absolve themselves of personal responsibility for their own lives and actions?

Quoting wombie:" I promise I'm not trying to be antagonistic...just genuinely curious   but why do you and your husband ... [snip!] ... is bad? Do you feel like in doing so, people absolve themselves of personal responsibility for their own lives and actions?"

Not to me but I'll answer.  

To an extent. The great thing about atheism is that anything that happens was either out of my control to begin with, the result of science, or my own damn fault.