If someone asked you what your spouse's name is, then "I don't know" isn't going to get you many points. :)
In the theological realm, I would want to emphasize to a child that curiosity and wonder are absolutely a part of the discipline, and I'd be concerned that not having some ready thoughts after a lifetime of investigation into the Big Questions doesn't communicate that well.
Another risk (perhaps especially poignant for UU children) is that children have schoolmates whose parents do have and pass down "the answers" to these questions. If you don't seem readily informed with an alternative, you may wind up raising a child who is burdened with all of the Christian "baggage" you had hoped to avoid.
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Date: 2009-03-24 02:25 am (UTC)In the theological realm, I would want to emphasize to a child that curiosity and wonder are absolutely a part of the discipline, and I'd be concerned that not having some ready thoughts after a lifetime of investigation into the Big Questions doesn't communicate that well.
Another risk (perhaps especially poignant for UU children) is that children have schoolmates whose parents do have and pass down "the answers" to these questions. If you don't seem readily informed with an alternative, you may wind up raising a child who is burdened with all of the Christian "baggage" you had hoped to avoid.