Originally posted by xmarksthespot
The same social stimulus can be provided without the need for religion.Personally, while I think parents should be free to share their religion, their values and beliefs, with their children; I don't particularly support the dogmatic imposition of specific values and beliefs in children. There's probably a contradiction in that thought somewhere due to my less than spectacular articulation of it.
Agreed
there are lots of real delicate issues around what rights a parent really has with regard to their child.
While I am staunchly against religious belief, it works for some, and some even desire it.
Maybe the problem isn't so much that the parents are forcing a child down one ideological road, but more than all of the others are closed to the child long before they can rationally choose them...
But then, how many religious people grow up to be bitter atheists?