tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post2514910113673862355..comments2024-03-11T03:02:29.875-06:00Comments on Simple Massing Priest: Would I make my children sign a contract?Malcolm+http://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-36956116433595498362009-09-02T23:36:26.079-06:002009-09-02T23:36:26.079-06:00When my children were very young, I compelled many...When my children were very young, I compelled many things. I compelled them to bath. I compelled them to eat their vegetables. As they matured, I gradually allowed them to make more and more of their own choices.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-15961826025380299872009-09-02T14:33:29.651-06:002009-09-02T14:33:29.651-06:00Why would you compel church attendance if your god...Why would you compel church attendance if your god is love?<br /> Isn't that just like saying "You live in my country-you'll go to my church whether you believe or not?"<br /> Why not let them make up their own minds?Brad Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381562723928616425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-26147217459107014472009-08-10T09:14:14.740-06:002009-08-10T09:14:14.740-06:00Brian - I did hesitate about making the link to my...Brian - I did hesitate about making the link to my daughter's blog for precisely that reason. There were certainly things said which, particularly if taken out of context, could damage relationships in the family. I decided, in the end, that we have a strong tradition of frank speaking in the family and her remarks simply reflected that. FWIW, both her brother and her mother have posted supportive comments to the blog entry, even though both were explicitly or implicitly criticized. (And I think the fact that I seem to have gotten off scot free has more to do with the fact she already had enough examples rather than any inherent virtue on my part.)<br /><br />Anonymous, I'm not quite sure how to interpret your comment. The great weakness of the interweb is the occasional difficulty in reflecting tone. I'll choose to interpret it's intent as supportive vice slighting.<br /><br />That said, I think it probably goes a bit far to say that my daughter's a buddhist. I think the appeal to her is more philosophical in any event. <br /><br />Certainly she was less overtly religious than her brother, particularly from the age I no longer compelled church attendance. She doesn't self-identify as a Buddhist, certainly, and there have already been conversations about baptism. And she is quite conscious of being the daughter and god-daughter of priests.<br /><br />That said, it's probably just as well she's not Bishop-elect of anywhere.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-18199590887424397962009-08-10T06:03:12.960-06:002009-08-10T06:03:12.960-06:00I have to say that in light of your daughter being...I have to say that in light of your daughter being a buddhist, this is a very apt example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-70696770295817998052009-08-08T23:50:45.135-06:002009-08-08T23:50:45.135-06:00Very good!Very good!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-9329359242286987742009-08-08T18:33:21.265-06:002009-08-08T18:33:21.265-06:00I agree completely with you about the comparison b...I agree completely with you about the comparison between Anglican communion and family.<br />However I visited your daughter's blog and was frankly horrified at her discussion of a squabble, not only with her brother but with her partner, in such a public forum. I felt guilty reading it. My sister (we have a deep family bond), I do not have a partner, would certainly disown me if I was to do the same.Brian Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.com