ZionsRodeVos

Allow me to give a brief background about myself before I comment on what you have said.

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, often called Mormon. I go to church on a regular basis (every Sunday unless I or my children are sick) with my 4 children. I am a primary teacher there and teach children between the ages of 5 to 8 years old. I was raised in this religion and served a mission for 2 years in the Dominican Republic.

I do my best to respect everyones beliefs and accept everyone for who they are. I do not feel sorry for a person simply because they don't believe as I do and I don't teach my own children nor the children in my primary class to feel sorry for a person just because they don't believe in God or because their beliefs are different. I have taught my children that everyone is free to believe what they want.

To be honest I haven't really focused on teaching my children about other specific beliefs so I really don't know what they would think, say, or do if they encountered someone who didn't believe in God. Although, thinking about it some more, if someone who didn't believe in God tried to tell my children there was no God my children would most likely argue with them that there is a God.

I will not tell my children to not be friends with someone just because they don't believe in God. I will make comments and suggestions to my children about their friends based on what their friends say and do not based on what they believe.

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Robert