The questionable morality of Christianity (and Islam, for that matter)

[Pyrrho]

[Spooky]

Christians (no offense, Catholic_Lady, but this is what I think in principle) keep talking about "morality" (which is questionable anyway) but there's nothing moral in brainwashing kids against their will. Kids are young and naive and believe everything the grown ups say because supposedly the grown ups don't lie. Which makes the kids the perfect subjects for manipulation and brainwashing. They're too young to be able to decide what to believe and what not to and for this brainwashing them with religion is as bad as physically raping them. Altough IMO raping their brains is worse because time will heal the physical trauma but time can not heal the mental trauma of brainwashing and that kid will remain a blind and narrow-minded fanaticized idiot for the rest of its life.

This is very close (In my mind) to the Nature VS Nurture question as many people who were indoctrinated as children grow up to be Atheist.  (Like myself).  While I agree that religion is inherently Immoral (Because it unquestionably is), Physical abuse is still a slight step above.

I can agree that it could accurately be labelled as "Abuse".

[rado84]

This is very close (In my mind) to the Nature VS Nurture question as many people who were indoctrinated as children grow up to be Atheist.  (Like myself).  While I agree that religion is inherently Immoral (Because it unquestionably is), Physical abuse is still a slight step above.

I can agree that it could accurately be labelled as "Abuse".

Read the next few posts of mine on page 1 after the OP.

[Spooky]

This is very close (In my mind) to the Nature VS Nurture question as many people who were indoctrinated as children grow up to be Atheist.  (Like myself).  While I agree that religion is inherently Immoral (Because it unquestionably is), Physical abuse is still a slight step above.

I can agree that it could accurately be labelled as "Abuse".

Read the next few posts of mine on page 1 after the OP.

I did, and I understand.

It is a very fine line between the two.

[Rekeisha]

What the fuck do I know? This is all my opinion, of course.

Why do you do that? You undermind your entire stance with that one statment. If you don't know why don't you figure it out. You ask the religious to question do you question your stance. Also why would I seek to question my stance that I am firm on if you don't even trust your own thinking?

[robvalue]

I partly threw that in for comic effect, and partly to acknowledge that mine is just one perspective on parenting and what's important in it. I can't expect everyone to agree with me.

I do agree that encouraging too much questioning early on could be counter productive, as has been mentioned! Each child is an individual and you should take your cues from them.