We live in a medium sized town that doesn't have a large Hindu community (that I am aware of) or a mandir. I have two young kids and I want them to be exposed to other Hindu youth, so I joined them into a "Hindu religion" class given at a mandir about 1 hour from here. I do make sure they are exposed to our religion at home and read to them some kid friendly versions of scriptures, but I wanted them to be around others like them so they don't feel odd. Being in the States, especially when not in a metropolitan area can sometimes make you feel like your the only one around that's not Christian.
Anyway, everything went great in the class, they sang slokas, read stories, etc until the end when they started singing Amazing Grace.
I could easily stick them in a bible school class 2 minutes up the road from me if I wanted to hear my kids singing that!
You know the part of that song that bothers me the most is the whole "saved a wretch like me" part. It just goes against everything I believe.
So, I wanted to confront the teacher about this but since we are beginning mid-year, I don't know how much she'll change the way they do things or if I have any right to say how they do things anyway.
Then I thought maybe we could just leave early before they get to that part, but don't want my kid to feel left out either.
Ugh, am I over thinking this, should I just let him sing the song and move on with life? Would you be offended or have reservations about this too?
Thanks,
S
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