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Christian Views on Parental Responsibility

Poll: Parents: When should a Child's Choice be Granted or Forbidden?
This poll is closed.
Theists: your child wants to change religious affiliation. You must allow.
0%
 0 0%
Theists: your child wants to change religious affiliation. You must forbid.
1.33%
 1 1.33%
Theists: your child wants to change religious affiliation. Morally either choice would be permissible.
0%
 0 0%
Theists: your child is pregnant and wants to abort. You must allow.
0%
 0 0%
Theists: your child is pregnant and wants to abort. You must forbid.
1.33%
 1 1.33%
Theists: your child is pregnant and wants to abort. Morally either choice would be permissible.
0%
 0 0%
Theists: your child has a lethal disease and wants to avoid treatment for sincere religious reasons. You must allow.
0%
 0 0%
Theists: your child has a lethal disease and wants to avoid treatment for sincere religious reasons. You must forbid.
1.33%
 1 1.33%
Theists: your child has a lethal disease and wants to avoid treatment for sincere religious reasons. Morally either choice would be permissible.
0%
 0 0%
Atheists: your child wants to change religious affiliation. You must allow.
26.67%
 20 26.67%
Atheists: your child wants to change religious affiliation. You must forbid.
0%
 0 0%
Atheists: your child wants to change religious affiliation. Morally either choice would be permissible.
5.33%
 4 5.33%
Atheists: your child is pregnant and wants to abort. You must allow.
25.33%
 19 25.33%
Atheists: your child is pregnant and wants to abort. You must forbid.
0%
 0 0%
Atheists: your child is pregnant and wants to abort. Morally either choice would be permissible.
5.33%
 4 5.33%
Atheists: your child has a lethal disease and wants to avoid treatment for sincere religious reasons. You must allow.
1.33%
 1 1.33%
Atheists: your child has a lethal disease and wants to avoid treatment for sincere religious reasons. You must forbid.
28.00%
 21 28.00%
Atheists: your child has a lethal disease and wants to avoid treatment for sincere religious reasons. Morally either choice would be permissible.
4.00%
 3 4.00%
Total 75 vote(s) 100%
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RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility
January 21, 2015 at 4:06 pm
(January 21, 2015 at 3:58 pm)whateverist Wrote:
(January 21, 2015 at 3:38 pm)Blackout Wrote: I voted for 18. Am I alone on this?

Yeah maybe. I'm not going to allow a child to decide stop or change treatments for the sake of getting together with the mythical figure she has hallucinated. Time to be the adult and say no.
(January 21, 2015 at 3:47 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: You would be okay with an atheist friend letting his 11 year old daughter die due to her religious beliefs?

Doesn't this discussion bring up the popularly held misconception that there is an "atheist way of doing things" or at least an atheist set of morals? Why would there be any shoulds in any direction on any topic that stem from being an atheist.

My goal here was to collect the personal position of theists and atheists on a few questions based on their own moral sense. Even for the theists who may think there is an objective set of morals which should rule out, I would still want to know what their personal choice would be.

I was more just using the same situation as #18, just as a friend and not you personally. But I agree with you.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Whateverist - January 21, 2015 at 1:29 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Darkstar - January 21, 2015 at 1:35 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by robvalue - January 21, 2015 at 1:34 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Exian - January 21, 2015 at 1:34 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Natachan - January 21, 2015 at 1:39 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Darkstar - January 21, 2015 at 1:40 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Spooky - January 21, 2015 at 2:57 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by h4ym4n - January 21, 2015 at 3:20 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Dystopia - January 21, 2015 at 3:38 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Dystopia - January 21, 2015 at 3:44 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Dystopia - January 21, 2015 at 3:50 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by FatAndFaithless - January 21, 2015 at 4:06 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Jenny A - January 21, 2015 at 4:08 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Dystopia - January 21, 2015 at 4:10 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Nope - January 21, 2015 at 4:39 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Jenny A - January 21, 2015 at 3:50 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Regina - January 21, 2015 at 4:04 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Dystopia - January 21, 2015 at 4:45 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Regina - January 21, 2015 at 4:15 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Losty - January 21, 2015 at 4:16 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Silver - January 21, 2015 at 4:44 pm
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Losty - January 22, 2015 at 12:18 am
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by dyresand - January 22, 2015 at 12:21 am
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by c172 - January 22, 2015 at 12:07 am
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by dyresand - January 22, 2015 at 12:17 am
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Losty - January 22, 2015 at 12:25 am
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by h4ym4n - January 22, 2015 at 7:00 am
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by robvalue - January 22, 2015 at 5:00 am
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by Alex K - January 22, 2015 at 5:18 am
RE: Christian Views on Parental Responsibility - by robvalue - January 22, 2015 at 5:26 am

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