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How many people beleive it's wrong to 'bring a child up religious'?

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It is wrong to bring a child up religious

36%

It is not wrong to bring a child up religious

53%

It is more wrong than sexually abusing a child to bring them up religious

10%

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( osmoticdespair )

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I hear a lot of people (often citing Dawkins...) saying that it is wrong, even to the point of being child abuse to bring up a child in a religion.
I find the idea a bit absurd but I wonder how common the belief is.

Dawkins himself said that teaching children religion is actually more abusive than sexually abusing them.

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Fortis Obscurum

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It is wrong to teach children lies.

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iinsurgent

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I don't think it's wrong but I wouldn't encourage it.

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It is wrong, children should learn for themselves and make their own stand point as they grow

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newman

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Dawkins must be an idiot then.

nigeltheoutlaw

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I don;t think it is good to do so, but not akin to child abuse.

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Alabamarama

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I don't see how it's wrong to bring up a child with the parents' beliefs, and bringing them up without religion isn't any different from bringing them up with it, it's just different beliefs. When they are mature enough, they can decide for themselves what they want to believe.

Post edited at 9:02 pm on July 21, 2008 by Alabamarama

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SovSull

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there is no way that bringing up a child with a religious background is worse than raping them, but i don't know why someone would raise their child to be religious. in my case my parents aren't religious but we went to catholic mass for a long time. what's up with that

Post edited at 9:03 pm on July 21, 2008 by SovSull

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Queen Victoria II

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What's wrong with raising your child to be religious?

Obviously, if he or she does not agree with your views, he or she will not follow your religion, anyway.

Basically, the decision is ultimately the kid's.

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( osmoticdespair )

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Quote: from Fortis Obscurum at 5:01 am on July 22, 2008

It is wrong to teach children lies.

I would say it is wrong to teach children things that are not true, but that someone who in good faith and having made a sincere effort to discover the truth believes what they are teaching is true cannot be blamed for their errors.

I don't think religious people bring up their children are deliberately lying to their children.

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Quote: from iinsurgent at 9:01 pm on July 21, 2008

I don't think it's wrong but I wouldn't encourage it.

agreed. religion scarred me.

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RockerTori106

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When I have children, I'm not going to bring them up religiously. I'll allow them to learn about different religions as they grow up and they can choose their own.

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Child abuse? Hardly.

Children will ultimately make their own decisions, but when I have kids they'll go to church, maybe not every Sunday, but I want them to grow up with some of the same morals I grew up with.

Post edited at 9:06 pm on July 21, 2008 by peace love sunshine

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