Should parents be banned from teaching religion to their children?

It really annoys me that children are being forced to believe in something they can't understand. It's like lets ram it into their mind before they are old enough to start developing opinions and could start questioning things, and develop logical ways of thinking.

They say if religion dosn't get you as soon as you're born then then the changes of them getting you later in life are extremely thin.

I think it's a form of child abuse personally. The only time children should be taught religion is in school where every religion and theory is teached equaly.

What do you think?

 

Yes they should be banned.
I am sure if a god exists then the child will find a god in their own time or a god will find the child.
I agree that religious people 'brainwash' their children into believing in a god.

 

I mean if they are using scare tactics with children then that is child abuse to me. They use two basic fundermental human instincts with young children and that's fear and greed. Fear in that if do not believe in God you'll burn forever in Hell, and if you follow God and love him and pray to him when you die you'll get loads of good stuff of course your mind plays with what exactily that good stuff is but greed drives it forward.

 

I don't think that it should be banned as that would end up being ridiculously hard to enforce and not exactly black and white.

I think that parents should be able to share their beliefs with their children, but I don't think it's appropriate to tell your 5 year old about hell - it is about as deplorable as teaching your 5 year old child about sex. (I don't mean basic things - like at 5 they need to know it's inappropriate to be naked out in public, and that if an adult does certain things they need to tell their parents, etc. but you still wouldn't tell them anything graphic.)

Scare tactics though yes, are child abuse IMHO.

 

While I disagree with religion and its practices, I don't think the state should ever have the authority to tell parents how to raise their children. What you're proposing would violate the First amendment of United States' constitution.

 

I'm retiring from the religion and politics forum I have to much work to do, I know I'll be greatly missed jk. Now back to my first passion of SEO.

 

Probably a good idea mate. This section takes up way too much of my time too.

 

Ditto but I won't say that it isn't worth it

 

Even if they do not try... children emulate the behaviour of their parents.

I agree in some ways though...

 

I guess it depends on what you mean about forced.

for religious people there religion is part of their lives. Because of this religious or even just partly religious parents will be teaching their kids their religion to their kids just by living there day to day lives. I don't think that could or even should be banned.

But if you are talking about a kid old enough to start making their own choices and they state they don't believe something. Then no I don't think a parent should force their kid to take their view.

 

I think you are dumb. The child (the baby) is the parent's offspring, their property (atleast first few years)..they can teach him religion.
If you stick to your belief. then I can ask some questions based on similar theories, for eg:
<> The kid should not be named by his parents, we should wait up for him to grow up and choose one for himself
<> The kid should not be breastfed milk, maybe he doesn't like milk. His opinion should matter!

^ Did that sound really stupid?
Your post sounded just like that to me
No offence
peace

 

Na! Na!! for "Saqqa" parents are the only machine to produced the baby!!

Why not we through out the baby on his/her birth to chooise his own life.... how crazyy!!!

 

What about politics?

If they are not good parents......is the real problem.

 

What about our life, no politics, every one make his own rules and laws, after all its our life, no one has right to impose their law, rules on us

 

you gotta teach your children about manners, rules, and the world. religion is part of this world.

 

Who has authority to ban what parents teach their children?

 

Accorsing to OP the teaching of manners, rules and the world is actually "child abuse"

 

I think Seqqa's point was more than teaching a child that if they're bad they go to hell, scaring them, not allowing them to question things - that THAT is wrong.

It's the idea of forcing a child to just accept things that may harm it later in life, and leave it scared throughout childhood, that most people object to.

 

Parents teaching religion to children - Acceptable, as long they keep the term "hatred" and "violence" out of those kind hearts. Parents have to be educated enough to know what to teach and what not to teach, especially at their tender age, when they grasp things at ease. Parents must see to it, they don't distinguish between religions as that's the one which really spoils a child.

 

Do parents beat their childrean to make them understand god.I don't thnk so.They mostly give them the information on god not force them.If they force them then the parents are themselves not worthy to teach religion