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Originally Posted by Tedminator
If I have kids, more than likely I'll take them to a mass. A real one with the works.. at a Cathedral, in latin, the whole smokey pomp and ceremony with choir music that can bring grown men to their knees in tears... Helluva show!
hmm the Vatican should really sell tickets to it.
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Wow, they still do it latin where you are?? I've never been to a latin mass.
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Originally Posted by JMS
i have a friend whose parents are atheists, and as a child, when he asked what happens when you die, his parents told him, nothing, you just die. he told me he started crying when he heard this, so his parents decided to tell him they were just kidding and that people go to heaven when hey die. hes an atheist now.
some kids dont take the realization of their mortality lightly. i know this post doesnt seem very relevant, but when i read the original post i thought of this.
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That is relevant. Children have a harder time understanding the concept of mortality or even morality without some sort of tangible consequences being involved. We've even talked about the usefulness of religion with kids. Kids are deterred from acting out due to some form of threats ie: santa's watching you or god's watching you.