I Think Indoctrinating Children With Religion Is Child Abuse

Of course if you believe that indoctrinating children with religion is child abuse then you have to go on to say that indoctrinating them with atheism is also child-abuse. In fact you have to go on to say that indoctrinating them in any way and with any sort of value is child abuse, so let's close down the schools and stop all this indoctrination. Don't indoctrinate your children into road safety - let them find out for themselves what it's like to go under a lorry. I know people who take their child up a football match and indoctrinate them into supporting that team. How terrible that such child-abuse goes on! And for goodness sake don't let your children read books or they might get indoctrinated. And of course the greatest indoctrinater of all is the media. Do no Facebook, Television or Internet, have we got that clear?

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Bandit2398 · 51-55, M

In order for an action to be child abuse there has to be a negative effect on the kid. I don’t see how teaching a kid atheism or safety rules has any negative effect on them. However if you teach a kid their in danger of going to hell where they suffer eternal torture they can have nightmares. Plus they might grow up with this fear. But religions that don’t teach this would not be abusive.
You’re also loose with the word indoctrinate. When I google define indoctrinate this is what I get.
teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
You can teach safety rules but encourage them to question why these rules are important.
With that said I don’t think we should teach kids religion or atheism. We should teach them to be free thinkers. When they get to an age where they start to have critical thinking skills encourage them to listen to different viewpoints and decide for themselves what they believe. And it’s ok to tell the kid what you believe.
Just my opinion.

Speedyman · 70-79, M

I think it can be safely said that the indoctrination given to children during the years of the Soviet union and the Chinese Republic was harmful to them. When children would not except the indoctrination of the Chinese atheists they had their ears pierced with chopsticks so they couldn’t hear. The Soviets took children away from their parents and put them in forced indoctrination camps. And by the way Pol Pot killed anyone with glasses together with their children in case they might be educated. Harmful? I think this might have given children nightmares. Appears to be this might of been harmful. I have never known Christian parents frighten the kids with visions they might go to hell outside of the movies . , @Bandit2398

Bandit2398 · 51-55, M

I completely agree that what you described is horrible abuse. I didn’t know some of this. But it seems to me that the indoctrination itself wasn’t the abusive part. It sounds like the abuse came from rejecting it. But that does sound very abusive to me. These communist countries were very abusive. But when I defend atheism I’m not defending communism. I’m talking about the atheism in countries like Sweden or the USA.
If you ever watch any documentaries about hell houses you can watch churches putting on plays about how horrible hell will be to scare people including children into believing. I remember the last church I went to the pastors wife told us how her kid had a nightmare about going to hell. So you may not personally know Christian parents who do this but it definitely happens. @Speedyman

Bandit2398 · 51-55, M

@Speedyman I would say the abuse you described is the result of communism not atheism. You can be an atheist without being a communist.

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Speedyman · 70-79, M

Just that the greatest mass murderers of the last century were all atheists. Maybe that was abuse?@Bandit2398

Speedyman · 70-79, M

@CookieLuvsBunny you do? As in 60 years I haven’t, frankly I don’t believe you. Just part of your lurid imagination

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Speedyman · 70-79, M

You have some strange ideas about religious people. Funny in 60 years I’ve never known anyone like that. Another thing you probably got out of your fevered imagination@CookieLuvsBunny

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Speedyman · 70-79, M

Please don’t associate me with your own fevered imagination@CookieLuvsBunny

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Speedyman · 70-79, M

Your video disproved nothing. I just object to idiot propaganda posted on my site by discourteous people like yourself. @CookieLuvsBunny

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