Beth Skinner                                                                                                                Re  

Explain How a Catholic upbringing can lead to, or support belief in God?

A Catholic upbringing is the first step, over a series year, to ensure that a child will eventually believe in God. Parents nurture, lead, support and guide their child through various steps that every Catholic goes through, the first step being baptism. Baptism is the first stage of the seven sacraments (Baptism, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Holy Communion, Marriage, Holy Orders and Last Rights) When the parents of a child decide to have them baptised they have started their child’s ‘Faith Journey’ as they have decided to ask God to welcome the child into his Church.

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A big part of a Catholic upbringing a home full of love and faithfulness. By this I mean a home that has a crucifix, a bible and where a child is taught prayers that they will remember for the rest of their lives and most probably they will be their favourite prayers too. This means that even at home the child is encouraged to believe that God exists and sees it as the norm to believe in God.

Taking the child to church this allows the child to see other people worshiping God. Showing them that they’re not alone ...

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