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

[Angrboda]

I think there's also an "as if" factor here. It's possible that people who are against religion aren't saying literally that raising someone religiously is child abuse, but rather that it is as harmful to the interests of the child as child abuse. That would be using the language figuratively, rather than literally. Regardless, you don't get to sit in your armchair and decide how seriously people mean their comments about religion and child abuse without asking them. That's just vapid opinionating.