I too am not really what you would term 'religious'. But I do think it's important for most to be raised in and have a 'Faith'...whether Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist etc....because that is what provides a person with a 'base' a core of beliefs, teachings that stay with them throughout life.
Some people follow the faith they were raised in, some rebel against it (and possibly return to it years later), some people convert to another faith that they feel better suits their beliefs. Whatever, all of it I believe is better than being raised with no faith at all.
Until I had my daughter, I hadn't been to mass for many years. However I believe it is one of my duties as a parent to pass along to her, or provide her with our Catholic religioun to at least partially form that 'base'. She will decide as a young adult what to do with it, whether or not she believes in a 'God' she'll never see...but I've got to give her that choice to make.
I had to laugh (with pity) at a former co-worker who began attending mass on Sundays to try & expose his daughters to their faith. After a few months, he, his wife and daughters decided to stop going to church because it didn't 'do anything for them'. What this poor fellow and his wife didn't understand what that it's not just a matter of physically showing up at church and waiting for it to 'do something' for you. It's not a matter of going through the motions...it's a matter of having a faith. I mostly felt sorry for the daughters, since it looks like they will not have that faith...unless they find it themselves later in life.
Well, now I've bored everybody...that's life!!!
Apple
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
