Something that's been eating at me for a while now is the idea that I can't raise my kids the way I was raised, because (1) I don't believe in all the things I was raised to believe, and (2) I can't shove that down like my mom did and stick to a party line, and (3) Catholicism isn't nearly as cut-and-dry as the way I was raised.
It struck me the last time I was home (really only a month ago, which is so crazy because it feels like much longer). Genesis and the creation narrative(s), in particular, cause(s) problems. I was raised to believe in 7 literal days, like the Bible says, but even now that I have a fuller understanding of the world and the Bible, there will always be issues. What happens when my kid comes to me and asks me the tough questions? I can't be wishy-washy about anything, that's not the way to raise a kid, but no one answer can explain the questions kids ask.
This was the prompt that I wrote down in church last month: "What will happen when I teach my kids what the Bible teaches and then they find out that Genesis is not exactly the way I believe?" I just don't know how I'm going to raise my kids, and that freaks me out.
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