I'm most fearful that my children will have blind faith in anything. I do my best to teach them to question, question, question, make a decision, then question some more. I'm not afraid of them becoming anything in particular, though if they become members of hate groups of some kind, I'd find this disconcerting.
Who here is fearful their children will become atheist/theist/Scientologist/Mormonist
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Norsefire-Not at all. I do question my religion. Everyday. God is no less for being questioned. I believe God gave us free will because he wants us to choose to believe in him. Thus, I am a theist, albeit a thinking one. 
Religion is not meant to prove science, nor vice versa. Science answers alot of specific "how" questions. Philosophy, Religion answer "why" questions. Applying the scientific method to God is much like trying to measure freedom with a protractor. It's silly.
The "why" answers are based on claims; claims have to be proven (or disproven). For instance, the claim that God exists.
I see the word "fear" connected with religion a lot. It is NOT a coincidence.
Christian.
can you imagine if they became scientologists? I would just die!
fine norsefire. Allow me to posit a question for you. Why is blue?
Why is blue what? Why is blue blue? There is a reason to that, a scientific one.
Nono, you misunderstand. For what purpose is blue?
Does everything need a purpose?
That is a good question. Does it?
I don't think anything needs a purpose, an objective purpose.
So why is science? It has no distinct survival purpose, we'd be just as survivable if we wore animal skins and lived nomadically.
Science does have a purpose, one that we fulfill by merely existing. Understanding the natural world.
So: Why is science? Because we exist. That seems nonsensical to me. A nonanswer. Do you have a better one?