faith and relationships

Hi Crash,
That is interesting that you intend to attend church with your children though you and your wife are atheists. It could reflect a difference in culture between the far more religious US and the more secular countries of Europe where this would be seen as less of an issue. I don't have kids either but my wife and I have no plans of going anywhere near a church with our kids. However, they will definitely have to learn about religion as it is part of the school curriculum in Germany. I had to study religion in Spain for a year as well when I lived there. I have no problem with my kids learning the historical basis and consequences of religions and encourage it. However, I don't see that if I do not believe, why I should fake it for my kids? If they decide on their own to be believers, I won't prevent them and won't even discourage them. But I am not going to actively promote something I do not myself believe. However, it could be that in the parts of the US (I grew up in upstate New York and nobody gave a crap) that not demonstrating religious belief would be a social hinderance to ones children and then being an underground atheist may spare the kids some problems...at least when they are very young.