Table setting: we have kids aged 9/6/5. I’m full blown silent atheist. My wife was raised to believe but it’s gradually eroded and if speaking honestly after a few glasses of wine, no longer buys in. I’m about as science as it gets - we’re all just meat bags, souls are fiction, no afterlife, worm food, all that fun stuff.
Our kids have never been to church other than sightseeing while traveling (the architecture and art cannot be denied, I’ll readily admit that). They are public schooled. But they’re obviously aware of the basic tenets of western Christianity and drop references to God, Jesus, Creation, Heaven, and such.
I fake it for their sake. Our dead cat is in Cat Heaven having a ball eating catnip and pissing wherever she wants, they’ll see Grandpa again someday, etc etc. It’s a comfort thing I suppose. The creation questions are toughest - “Did God make the apes we grew from?” “Uuuuhhh, sure let’s go with that.” I don’t want to tarnish their innocence any more than the world outside already does. But it’s weird ya know?
