Forgive Me if I Smack You in the Mouth!

[Cinjin]

I really have to laugh at people who think they have the "right" to take the responsibility of raising a child from a competent parent

Unfortunately,the word 'competent' means different things to different people.Why did you know,there are still people who think it's OK to actually HIT a child,feed it fast food and teach it the primitive mythology of a nasty little tribe of bronze age goat herders?

In an indirect way you hit the nail on the head padraic.

All the people that I truly feel to be incompetent parents are the same people that are finding fault with the way I raise my child. They ignore my rights as a parent and chastise me for not teaching my child about "the one true god". I'm struggling with how to deal with it all right now since I know this may have the potential to get worse as he gets older. My son has friends ... those friends have parents ... some of those parents are going to be imbeciles .... some are now.

Handling my beliefs for myself is easy, but now my son is involved and I'm just trying to have my rights and keep the peace - for the betterment of everyone. Should I have to deal with all THEIR issues just because I don't choose to believe their silly religion? I shouldn't even have to HEAR it!
What's funny, is if I did the same thing to them, I would be considered some kind of satanist, waiting in the dark to corrupt their children.