(March 9, 2015 at 1:50 pm)Lek Wrote: We all indoctrinate our children with our beliefs. Many atheists have stated in this forum that they wouldn't allow their children to be exposed to christianiy or other religions.
No. My children have access to all sorts of varied material to learn from. When they have asked me about gods, I tell them that I don't believe in any but they are free to make up their own minds about that. In fact they are free to form opinions about anything they wish.
There is no comparison between this approach and making your child believe what you believe as true. That is horrendous to any free thinking person, unfortunately that description doesn't apply to theists so you wouldn't recognise how repulsive indoctrination really is. Most of you are victims of course after all.
The only traits my children take from me are broad guidelines on being polite and pleasant to anyone they meet, and the idea that they should work for things they want. If they want to ask me about any other subject then I'll give them my opinion, it's almost the same as talking to, you know, another human being!
