I’m curious, what expectations do Catholic parents have and how would a multi-faith group not fulfil those expectations? This isn’t an aggressive question, I genuinely do not know what religious youth groups do. My guess would be reading their religious book, re-enacting parts of it, praying together, maybe even studying the religious scripts. So I am curious what your group does / would do.
Why not make it an all-faith group? That way the children are always exposed to all faiths and experience diversity all the time. That could bring all people together.
Not religious and child-free: if I had a child and had made the decision to take it to religious youth groups, it would’ve been multiple so that the child finds out about the differences in beliefs. It would’ve been a Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, and whatever other religion I could find. If it were only Christian groups, then no.
A child should grow up to know that the world is diverse, learn how to think critically, how to question things, and how to think for itself. Once it’s adult, then it can join whichever group it wants. Introducing a child to a single view of the world would be counter-productive to its critical thinking skills and diversity of thought.
100%. Teach them about all the different religions, but don’t force any upon them. Secularism is the way to go: let people make up their own mind. Don’t shove it down their throats. Threatening children with going to the bad place for eternity is just indoctrination.
Same with DotA for me. Used to play a lot, but then it just became a chore. The community was (is) shit, Valve doesn’t care about DotA, and the meta doesn’t change often enough. The game is slow and lacks innovation. There’s only one supported e-sports version of DotA and it barely changes.
Now I just watch once in a while, but mostly it’s in the background to make noise.
The title had me very confused for a few seconds. “Are you talking about cows? Why would they need to be executed? And why would they need vets before execution?”
Thanks for explaining. It kind of is what I expected but not fully.
I’m not sure if you’re doing it out of conviction or for fun. If it’s for fun, there’ a good chance just providing a place for children to get to know each other and play, regardless of belief, might introduce you to a diverse and bigger crowd. In the world of mobile phones and social media, parents of all walks of life probably would like their kids to hang out more with others and gain social skills.