The chief task of parenting


	The chief task of parenting

willhelm

4-26-2008 10:43 PM

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4-27-2008 8:10 AM

kmcolo

And all this is happening before the child knows anything about Allah, but it is profoundly all about Allah. Will the child be able to recognize Allah for who he really is in his authority and love and justice because mom and dad have together shown the child what Allah is like. The chief task of parenting is to know Allah for who He is in His many attributes, and then to live in such a way with our children that we help them see and know this multi-faceted Allah. And, of course, that will involve directing them always to the infallible portrait of Allah in the Koran.

4-27-2008 8:39 AM

skwirlinator

The chief task of parenting is to teach the child how to live in society and survive.

4-27-2008 9:40 AM

willhelm

And all this is happening before the child knows anything about Allah,
but it is profoundly all about Allah. Will the child be able to
recognize Allah for who he really is in his authority and love and
justice because mom and dad have together shown the child what Allah is
like. The chief task of parenting is to know Allah for who He is in His
many attributes, and then to live in such a way with our children that
we help them see and know this multi-faceted Allah. And, of course,
that will involve directing them always to the infallible portrait of
Allah in the Koran.

I'm not an expert on Muslim theology, but some may argue the "attributes" are something quite dissimilar. Ideol...

4-27-2008 2:31 PM

boniface

" The chief task of parenting is to teach the child how to live in society and survive."

I agree completely!

4-27-2008 7:19 PM

kmcolo

Timbuktu = Kathmandu?

They just had some crazy elections. I can clip on that.

4-27-2008 8:51 PM

willhelm

You know after I typed Timbuktu., I thought I was remembering wrong. I'd like to go to Kathmandu even more.

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