mercedo wrote today at 12:03 AM
ullangoo saidI don't suppose religion matters much as long as you don't have children.

Indeed difference in religion matters a lot in married couples. Like some want to hold marriage ceremony either in Christian or Shintoist's. Funeral ceremony in Christian or Buddhist's. Many years ago I went to Catholic church a couple of times with a Philippina girlfriend. It was Ok to attend the service just a couple of times, though, it was just unimaginable for a complete secular person to keep on attending the church service every Sunday. As to the case of kid..about ten years ago I met a Danish woman who came to learn Japanese language at the university. She told me her trouble in the past when she was a kid. That is her father who wants her to learn in Protestant school and her mother in Catholic. Personally I am opposed to any particular religious education. Kid's minds are tabula rasa, easily dyed in a specific idea. It is only acceptable when they taught only universal moral value, not any particular teachings of their religion.