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Re: Religion and Children - February 18th 2009, 04:35 PM

I would like to quote Richard Dawkins here:

Children should not be labeled by their parents’ religion; terms like “Catholic child” or “Muslim child” should make people flinch, as children are too young to make their own mind up on issues of theology. We should instead refer to “children of Catholic parents”. To put this in context, ask yourself how you would feel if a small child was described as atheist, agnostic, Marxist or as a secular humanist; we would surely find this strange because the child would clearly be unable to grasp the implications of such ideas.

Dawkins argues that indoctrinating a child into a religion at an age when they instinctively trust and do not question adults is not only dangerous in preventing the child from making its own mind up, but also that it constitutes “child abuse”.

What do you guys think?


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Last edited by Rican Roll; February 20th 2009 at 12:29 AM.