Thursday, December 03, 2009 How Best To Teach Children About Religion?
Nov 2, 2009 By Amelia Santaniello and Frank Vascellaro EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (WCCO) ? According to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 92 percent of Americans believe in God. It’s a smaller number — 54 percent — who attend services regularly. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise when WCCO-TV asked first-graders at the International School of Minnesota if they regularly attend religious services, about half the children raised their hands. Then we asked them if they believe in God. The answer: a loud and collective, “Yes.” The children don’t just believe. They like God. Six-year-old Evan said, “God is kind and nice because he brings people happiness.” Seven-year-old Jerod said, “I really like God ’cause he made our whole world.” Their classmate Anna said simply, “I love God.” If they could ask God anything, what would it be? Trudie, the class clown, wants to ask God “to give me $1,000.” More seriously, Apurva would ask God to “help other people who don’t have money, g
