Question: Do you think kids should be "forced" to attend church? What age do you think a person can truly begin to understand religion and develop their own thoughts about what they want to believe?
I think the decision to take a child to church or not is swaying it in either one direction. For example, one might be more apathetic about religious views if they do not go to church, while one might be more religious by going to services. However, this may not be the case all the time. It could be the exact opposite. In any case, I do believe that making the decision to involve (or not to involve) religion in one's life affects them. But out of my opinions that are influenced by my religious beliefs, I don't think that a person can truly comprehend religious beliefs at young age.
I don't believe that there's a "right" age to start to understand religion and develop thoughts about what they want to believe. It's all about maturity. Some people are more mature than others, and there are some people who believe what their family believes because they were taught to accept it from a young age. If you don't have all of the facts out there, you can hardly make a sound decision about what you believe. When we are younger, we are heavily influenced by our surroundings, and oftentimes, it's hard to change. And sometimes, parents who follow the word of any god believe that it is their duty to make their child go to church and make them become a good whatever. My mother forced me to go to church because she thought she was doing the right thing, so I don't hold it against her. The answer is not very clear. For now, it seems that there is no answer that is absolutely correct because there are so many other religions that claim different things.
Question: How are we inadvertently affected by religion by our surroundings?
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