"I know or met several people who said that while they don’t believe in god, they plan on raising their future children on religious views because of ‘tradition’. My opinion about this is - you don’t need religion for tradition. You can make sure you have dinner every Friday night without it being about welcoming the Sabbath. You can set aside a day each year to celebrate love and family, and exchange gifts, without it signaling the birth of Christ. You can make sure to give thanks every day without it being thanks to a certain God. Then you can give your children the stability of traditions and also the freedom to make up their own minds about religions."