From: ralph@eddlewood.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message , Son of   
   Cormack  writes   
   >I'm sure this has come up in the group before but having kids of my own I   
   >find this a highly emotive issue.   
   >   
   >My son goes to a christian funded junior school (I know Religious Humanist   
   >with a child at a christian school but beggars can't be choosers and with a   
   >Teacher to student ratio of 5:1 you can't complain) but fortunately as we   
   >are in the UK where the Anglican faith has been rendered largely ineffective   
   >by political correctness (it is good for something then) there is no   
   >teaching of Intelligent Design or any of that othe Theist claptrap (Although   
   >they do have a faith based assembly everyday!!).   
   >   
   >I wondered if anyone else had any direct experience of this being taught to   
   >their children and how you have dealt with it (or even how you would deak   
   >with it if you were put in that situation)   
   >   
   >   
   My children knew that I did not believe in gods, but otherwise I let   
   them form their own views. My son went to a school where he attended   
   chapel regularly, and was, by his choice, confirmed (we did not, of   
   course, have him baptised). He does not attend church except for rites   
   of passage, and I suspect takes a Pascal's wager approach to the   
   subject.   
      
   We had the same dilemma as you as far as our daughter was concerned. We   
   were virtually forced to send her to a convent, where she was told by   
   one of the nuns (at the age of eight) that she would burn in hell for   
   eternity if she was not baptised before she died. She has a strong sense   
   of independence, and I think was so shocked by this that she adopted   
   humanism more or less on the spot.   
      
   They are both reasonably balanced, and successful, adults. What happens   
   at home is always more important than what happens at school.   
      
   Best of luck!   
      
   --   
   ralph   
      
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