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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 4:15 pm (This post was last modified: January 21, 2015 at 4:19 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
The whole "emotional maturity" idea is very very gray and imprecise though. Kids devlop in varying ways and at varying speeds, especially mentally and emotionally, so it's nearly impossible to set a law that will be amenable to every child's personal emotional development. The age of consent being 18 might not be approriate in all areas for all people (age of legal sex consent, buying porn, serving in the military, voting, etc), and there can be 14 year olds with far more emotional maturity and conscience than 19 year olds, but we still need to settle on some line. It's not perfect, but the line being at 18 years old is okay in my books just for practicality.

Could it be lowered for some areas, like consent to medical treatment? Sure, and as we further our understanding of mental development I'd have no problem with lowering it to whatever age seems best, I just think 18 is a safe line for now.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
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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 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 FatAndFaithless - January 21, 2015 at 4:15 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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