Do you believe religious upbringing is an important part of raising kids?

No to everything!

Not really.

I'm agnostic and was raised in a somewhat strict Lutheran home where I wasn't allowed to question and church attendance was mandatory. I have a list of other issues stemming from that, but to spare you the long list, that's the basis of what problems I have/had with religion.

As a result of having no choice m'self and the struggles I went through concerning my beliefs(as they differ greatly from my family's, hence the issues), I wouldn't raise any of my kids to be religious. It's not important to me and I don't want my kids to grow up having the problems I did/do.

What I plan to do should I ever have any kids, is to not baptize or otherwise indoctrinate them into any one religion or another. Instead, I would raise them to respect all religions, philosophies, and beliefs, and would, when old enough, teach them as best as I could about various religions of the world.

That way, they grow up knowing about what others believe, not just what THEY believe, like I did.

Then, when they're adults, they'll be free to choose their own faith, whatever that might be. I won't worry about them becoming religious, because I'll have raised them to be respectful and accepting. So if they, say, become Catholic, it won't bother me because I know that they'll have been taught to "agree to disagree".

I think it is important to teach children about the world around them and its cultures. Learning ABOUT religion would be an essential part of that. As for teaching them to follow rituals and ceremonies, not being religious I find them all to be ridiculous bollocks, so they are not an important part of my parenting plan.

In addition, I feel that teaching a child to follow some rituals without their true understanding of them and what they mean (and no child can truly understand religion, IMO), is a bad idea.

There are some good lessons taught in the world's religions, and those lessons could be conveyed to the child in a secular context, as they were before religions assimilated them (e.g. Aesop's Fables).

I was brought up in a Religious household, and I raised my son's the same way...and now my oldest son has carried on the same with his children...

My son's where brought up Christian but one turned to the Lord and the other against him...my youngest sold drugs and was a guest of the state for 18 months....but now he is back, and better than ever...

I think it is very important in these days and times that children are exposed to this early...In the end...it may save their life from a very wicked world..

Yes, I do. We go to church every Saturday for Mass, my sons are alter servers. We have studied other religions and have friends who aren't Catholic. We have a foreign exchange "brother", who is Buddhist and we discuss his religion. We believe all faiths have the right to worship according to what they teach. And we do not "bash" others.

My husband is agnostic and when I'm not home he says meal prayers before dinner and reminds them to say prayers before going to bed. He only goes to church at Easter and Christmas and special occasions and the kids know for Dad that is acceptable. I don't push the issue and don't nag.

My sons have told me that if they didn't believe in God and go to church they would feel something is "missing".

I regret not being allowed to go to church when I was young. I also regret the resentment and anger which was directed at me because I asked Jesus into my heart at a very young age .My family is divided and ,I think, I got caught in the middle. But I know that God, the Holy Spirit, Has been with me and is my comforter. Like that poem "Footsteps."

No.

I think it's wrong to force on them beliefs they aren't in a position to evaluate, and that are arbitrary.

No, I wasn't raised religiously; my parents had a vague belief in a "something" but weren't terribly alarmed when I decided I didn't believe.

Being a good person was all they cared about.

religious upbringing as in telling children about ALL religions is important

I think it is important to expose your child to religion, so they can learn for themselves how ridiculous it all is. Otherwise, they can get sucked in as an adult, thinking they missed out.