How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?

[Losty]

I don’t know… indoctrinating children is morally wrong imo.

Education is by itself "indoctrination". You impose values on a child. These may, from a societal standpoint, be good or bad values. But with every step of bringing up a child, you instill something of your own views in them.

I was brought up as being tolerant towards others. Others may have been brought up to hate certain groups of people. Be it ideological, be it religious. A child can't escape being indoctrinated, even if they grow up in the most tolerant family on earth.

Education itself is not the problem, the problem comes when you teach a child to believe something without questioning it. That is where indoctrination differs, teaching a child to accept something uncritically is harmful not only in that area but for their general critical thinking skills also. My point wasn’t really about tolerance or good vs bad values. My point is that when I teach my children, I always remind them that their teachers, their school curriculum and yes even their mother is not infallible so it’s important before they decide their own thoughts, feelings and beliefs that they ask themselves why. When you raise a child to accept beliefs without questioning them they learn to let other people think for them.