(March 9, 2015 at 1:56 pm)robvalue Wrote: Strawman.
I don't think any atheists have said they would shield their children from christianity. Certainly not the majority. Why would we hide it from our kids? And we'd tell them there is no God? No. Strawman. You're either accidentally or deliberately misrepresenting us, in order to try and equate atheism with religion when they are nothing alike.
Why would we need to hide any religion from our child? Refusing to indoctrinate them is not hiding it from them.
Again, shots and circumcision, completely different. It's great that you all happen to be OK with it, but I would have been furious with you had you done it to me (circumcision).
I have my children get their shots and have them circumcised because I believe that it is good for them. I tell them about God because I believe it's good for them. If your kids asked you about God, would you tell them that most people believe in him and that they can make up their own minds, or would you tell them that you don't believe that there is a God? Of course we pass our own values and beliefs on to our children. We want what is best for them.
You said that you don't think most atheists would shield their children from christianity. If your kids came home from school and said that someone had been teaching them about christianity, would you be okay with that? I think we all try to shield our children from what we believe to be harmful to them. Also, teaching children about christianity doesn't preclude not teaching them about critical thinking.
