I am a Catholic Christian married to a Hindu.
I want to raise our children with both Hindu
and Christian values and traditions. I have
not received very many positive responses
from the Catholic community on this issue. I
am wondering whether our children would be
accepted in the Hindu community if we raise
them as Hindus and also teach them about
Jesus. If anyone could offer an advice or
insight, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
I think it's a good idea to teach children
about religion and different faiths, so that
when they are older they can make an informed
decision as to which one they choose to
follow, if any.
my friend is greek orthodox and her man is
sindhi. she goes to his temple sometimes and
he goes to her church. they dont have kids
yet but im sure they will be as accepted as
their parents are
Hinduism is not a relgion, it's a way of
life. From time immemorial it has accepted
all the religions in her fold. The only
requirement for this eternal religion is
humanity. Unlike other religions there is no
single person or religious head governing
hinduism. One can follow this faith even by
remaining aloof from it and one is not bound
by the stipulations enforced by some
religious edict or head.
A religion is like a mother. To be an atheist
means that one is deprived of his/her mother.
Like a child who often doesn't follow all the
rules and conditions laid by his/her mom and
yet remain a child of his/her mother, the
same way a person can remain part of a
religion without following everything. It's
the mother who teaches the right conduct to a
child, it's the mother who inculcates a moral
and ethical behaviour in her child, religion
also does the same. Sometimes mothers may be
wrong and so is the case with religions too.
A person when develops a sense of maturity,
he/she will find out what's good or bad for
him. He/She may correct his/her mother but
he/she cannot underestimate or forget the
values inculcated by his/her mom during
his/her nurturing
I know it's a while since you posted but I am
new to this site. There are some Christians
including Catholics in the UK in a similar
situation, and some parishes more sympathetic
than others. pm me for details of the
interfaith marriage network if you like.
although I'm neither Hindu nor Christian, I
found this topic interesting. as I've said
elsewhere, religion is something personal to
you as an individual entity rather than a
member of a family or community or even a
marriage.
i think every religion (or interpretations of
every religion) have their flaws,
as i was saying, interpretations of religion
by mass groups of followers have their flaws,
such is the nature of humanity. i think it's
best that the children are brought up in full
awareness of their heritages, but they should
be free to swing either way as they choose.
Indoctrinating your children with religion is
child abuse. You should be thoroughly
disgusted with yourselves. Teach them
comparative religion by all means. Let them
decide what decision to take.
whilst i agree wholeheartedly with the
principle of your response, i don't believe
you have reasonable grounds to claim that
this user "should be disgusted" with himself.
he posted this thread so that he could get
advice on how to resolve this issue, not to
be scolded on a decision he has, to my
knowledge, not yet made. i think it was good
of him to prioritise this issue rather than
choosing to indoctrinate his children.
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