I have three sons. Three wonderfully brilliant smart little boys. The joy they bring to my life is unmeasured and never ending. Parenthood though is not as easy as it seems. You have to monitor their t.v. programs, your language, and what they eat. You have to make sure they have a nice home, are clean and feed, get proper check-ups, and are being taught important moral lessons. But do these moral lessons need a God?
Is it hard to know that stealing, murder, lying, and cheating are wrong? No, it isn't. There are laws that punish individuals for actions that are deemed negative or detrimental to the society as a whole. We need these laws to flourish as a species. The human race multiplies in greater numbers when there is less chaos and more stability.
Teaching these basic principles to your children should be natural and instinctual. God should not be included in a moral discussion because frankly God has nothing to do with morals. God is more of a philosophical idea, a mythological debate.
My goal as a parent is to raise free thinking individuals. I want them to come to conclusions about the world through research and investigation. To know that for every action that they make a consequence always awaits. That they can be moral and righteous without superstition.
-Megan
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