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I'm an basically an Athiest (with a few differences I won't get into), but I grew up Christian. My parents are heavily into the Christian faith, and they're good people.  I'd love to believe in a Christian god, I just can't because in my mind it's just not possible.

Anyhow, my parents are really pushing for me to start taking my children to church, they want me to teach them to pray, to get them a bible stories book, etc. I'm not sure how to tell them that I don't want to lie to my kids. Or to have my kids be as disappointed as I was when they finally figure out that it's not likely there is a god.

My daughter just turned 2, and she's a sponge. Not to sound like the typical proud parent, but she's smart for her age, she's picked up letters and spelling, she's got an extensive vocabulary, and I have whole conversations with her.  I'm telling you this, because if she's such a fast learner I'm afraid exposing her to religion will indoctrinate her and effect her world views.

I have no problems with viewing Christianity as a cultural thing and taking part in cultural events like weddings, baptisms, etc. To me that's my culture and it's interesting. What I don't want is my children waiting for some magic, bearded man in the sky to help them. Or have them become and adult and give 10% of their earnings to a church.

The biggest problem is I'm not sure how to break it to them I don't want them pushing religion on my kids. I know they think they're doing the "right thing". I know they have good intentions. I don't want them to think I think they're stupid or "wrong". I just want my kids to be old enough to make their own informed decisions before they're exposed to various religions (and hopefully they choose science! lol).

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<bot>: My parents want to push religion on my toddler and infant, I want to tell them to stop without pissing them off or making them think I feel I'm "superior".