Good answers. But I noticed some of you dodged my more pointed questions
What happens when they start feeling like outcasts because other kids are religious and talk about God all the time?
What happens when they come home asking questions about God.
I agree with most of you on the point of raising your kids the best you can without using God as a crutch to explain everything. But what happens when your kid brings God to you?
Example my 5 year old asked me a few weeks ago about the sun rising in the morning. She said "did God do that?". It was the first time I'd ever heard her say God that I can recall and I assume she got it either from talking to other kids she asked some adult a direct question about something (the kid has a lot of questions
) and they gave her the God brush off.
Well I answered her question by... get this.... telling her the truth! I told her the sun is out in space and it sits still. The earth is moving so that's why it looks like the sun is rising to us. We had a short conversation just so I could be sure she "got it". She's a smart kid so I'm sure she gets it now. My only concern is now the next time some kid who was told that God does everything starts talking about the sun and she corrects the kid there is gonna be a big fuss.