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Hello everyone, I figured I would take the time to introduce myself. I am a stay-at-home mother to two beautiful girls named Taylor and Madeline. They are a handful, let me tell you, and are both interested in the arts (singing/acting/maybe modeling). I try and have personal belief that they should both be exposed to many different philosophical perspectives/two different sides to issues in order for them to have their own opinions. I have also been happily married for 4 years to a man named Miles. Anyways, I hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday and I am looking forward to being around these boards more often! Thank you, take care.

Hi LJMom,

I think I welcomed you in another thread but just in case I didn't ...  Welcome to Christians Unite.

I hope to see some more posts from you.

You said that you believe your girls should be exposed to different philosophical perspectives. In that do you mean other than Christianity?

Hello LJMom,

WELCOME!


I sincerely hope that you enjoy Christians Unite. I'm one of the resident grandpas, and I look forward to having fellowship with you.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Psalms 73:26 NASB  My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Hello LJMom, and welcome to Christians Unite forum.

    LJMom:
  Join in and get to know everybody.

Hello Forrest,

It's great to see you on the forum. We've been missing you. I hope that you had a great Thanksgiving and things are going good for you and your family.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Psalms 104:33-34 NASB  I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.  Let my meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in the LORD.

Maybe, somewhat I will talk to them about some Eastern philosophies and religions. I know that they are going to want to learn about them anyways, and I have always been sorta an open-minded person. I know there are advantages and drawbacks to the Buddhist and Hindu philosophies, but being truly selfless and still being held morally responsible for yourself, I think are very important concepts that these spiritual ways teach. I am a born again Christian and will homeschool my daughters through their first five or six years of schooling. Faith plays a huge role in my life and they know that as well. I get them involved with our church regularly, teach them about meditation, and what it is like to pray for others instead of just for themselves.

Joh 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Hi LJMom,

Being open minded is one thing but teaching what is true is even more important. We are taught throughout the Bible that it is a parents responsibility to insure that our children are brought up in the ways of the Lord. As parents if we fail to teach them properly in God's word it is us that will be held responsible not just them.

Please check out the following thread:

http://forums.christiansunite.com/index.php?topic=14457.0

There is also a lot more Biblical information that you can find on this subject in the "Parenting" section.

Hello LJMom,

I hope and pray that you don't teach your children false religions. They just might accept the false religion and reject the only TRUTH that leads to Salvation. The only thing they need to know about Eastern religions is they are FALSE. Your children need to be grounded in the LORD, and efforts should be made to help them grow strong and mature in the LORD before they are exposed to the garbage details of false religions. This is one of the main reasons why many parents are starting to homeschool.

Love In Christ,
Tom

John 17:24 NASB  "Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Wow, I did not come here to this forum with the expectation to argue with anyone or to have someone knock me. Also, I am of Faith in our Lord and that is my own individual choice, just as it will be both of my daughters' own individual choices of faith or even lack thereof. Quoting scripture from the Bible as if it is straight from our Lord's mouth isn't the way I will teach them. Being open-minded also means accepting the fact that "truth" can and will be different for everyone, mileage may vary. I know my path was very unconventional in leading me to the Christian faith, but after investigation into other religions, which aren't actually religions but "ways of thought" and simple ways to live, I had a broader sense of the world and it reaffirmed my original beliefs even stronger in God. Are Mormons considered "garbage" to you because of non-monagamous practices?

LJMom,

I doubt that you're going to like it here because we do tell the truth. The Holy Bible is GOD'S WORD and quoting Scripture is from the LORD. Any religion that denies the Holy Trinity as one ALMIGHTY GOD or makes other gods (little "g") is false and garbage.

Mormon is a false religion devised and constructed by man, much like Buddhist and Hindu. A Mormon denies the deity of JESUS CHRIST. A Buddhist or Hindu denies JESUS CHRIST completely. The difference with Christianity involves where one spends eternity, and all real Christians care about that for their children.

I only have one question for you. Did you actually think you would find approval for Eastern religions from Christians? If so, you probably need to read our forum rules again. In fact, that would probably be a good idea anyway. That would remove any shock you might have about where you are, a Christian forum.

LJMom,

If we didn't tell you the truth then it would be because we didn't care. We do care about where others will spend eternity and that would include those of our own family. Being open minded can be a good thing as long as it is not so open as to allow satan to come in.

As Brother Tom was saying any religion that does not recognize Jesus for who He is and accepts Him has their Lord and Saviour is a false religion and will only serve to lead one to their eternal death.

Do you care where you and your children will spend eternity? Would you want to be separated from your family for the rest of eternity, to know that they will be suffering eternally? I agree that the choice must be theirs but I will insure that they are taught the right way from the beginning ... "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Not the ways of men or satan.

Of course, I know this is a Christian forum. I know that I wouldn't find approval of Eastern religions from Christians and perhaps a lot of intolerance of these from many Christians. I guess that we are all just going to have to have a difference of opinion. It scares me sometimes to hear what fundamentalists say and to find out how religious wars get started.
I appreciate your responses, though. And you don't know whether I am going to like it here or not, so don't say that, please.

I just want to apologize. I just wanted to introduce myself here and let you know a little about my daughters is all. Please don't ban me.

It takes more than what you have done so far to get banned. If you haven't already done so please take the time to read the forum rules. Abide by them and there will not be a problem in that area. You can find a link to them in the right hand column and they are also posted at the top of each separate area. We would like to have you stick around. Perhaps you can learn that being a fundamentalists is good thing and not something to be afraid of. Being a fundamentalist and being a radical are two different things. Unfortunately in todays world they are grouped together into one group. Being a fundamentalist means staying on the whole word of God. Not portions of it as we would like it to mean.

An example is that in the Old Testament people were stoned to death for some sins. Today we are told to show love, sin is still sin and we are to abhor the sin but we are to reach out to the sinners and attempt to bring them in to the Lord not kill them.

LJMom you are most welcome to continue here as long as you abide by the rules but do expect that you will be given the word of God.

Welcome to CU and I hope that you had a wonderful T-Giving weekend.  ANd a joyous Christmas Season

Sorry, I didn't come in her to 'preach' and to be honest with you I don't really hold any harsh feelings for followers of other religions but rather the love of Christ for them, praying for them that the Truth be revealed to them and that they eventually find Him and receive Salvation.  I feel bad for any one that won't make it into heaven.

Actually, I came here to say hello, because I too am from California.  I currently reside in Texas, but I did a lot of my adolescent years in Vacaville and San Bernadino California.  It's nice to have you hear.

Warm Welcome to Christian's Unite Forum LJMom!!