Poll: Should Parents have the right to force there religion on there kids ?

[Cavouku]

I voted for the Fuck No. In fact, religion should be banned. 99% of wars are caused by it.

The causes of WWI, the american civil war, the irish civil war, the boer wars, both abyssinian wars, the war of the roses, the livonian war, the war of the spansish succession, the pennaminte-yankee war, the sino-indian war, the vietnamese war, all three punic wars, the russo-japanese war, the arauco war, the cuban civil war, the spanish civil war, the chinese civil war and the cold war all had nothing to do with religion. I think that's a little more than 1% of all of them, and I'm sure there's a ton that I haven't named. Sometimes even atheists don't get their facts straight.

Religion doesn't cause wars, people cause wars. People feeling that others should be like them, whether it's religion or not. People that want other people's stuff. A whole host of reasons that have little to nothing to do with religion.

I really dislike people that think these are the reasons there're wars. Come on, that's just propaganda hate.

 

[That One Six]

I would hope not, but sadly, as far as I know, there is no law against it. Fortunately, my parents didn't give a damn, so I've ended up agnostic (a better way of saying 'I don't know what to think').

 

[yaik7a]

I voted for the Fuck No. In fact, religion should be banned. 99% of wars are caused by it.

Like the American Civil War, (kind of) World War 1 and 2, The Cold War, Vietnam, The American Revolutionary War, The Norman Invasion, The 100 Year War, The War of The Roses, Alexander The Great's Conquest..... those, right?

religion should banned? Now who is forcing there view upon others?
For the record, I'm an atheist, I'm just anti-idiot as well.

are you sarcastic as most of those wars are cuased by religion i.e. Cold war

Please post back explaining which of those wars were caused by religion and how.

Atheism vs Christianity for about 3(4 if you count Nazi Germany as atheist) of them , Catholics vs protestants for 4 .

 

[Zildjin81]

I voted for the Fuck No. In fact, religion should be banned. 99% of wars are caused by it.

Like the American Civil War, (kind of) World War 1 and 2, The Cold War, Vietnam, The American Revolutionary War, The Norman Invasion, The 100 Year War, The War of The Roses, Alexander The Great's Conquest..... those, right?

religion should banned? Now who is forcing there view upon others?
For the record, I'm an atheist, I'm just anti-idiot as well.

are you sarcastic as most of those wars are cuased by religion i.e. Cold war

Please post back explaining which of those wars were caused by religion and how.

Atheism vs Christianity for about 3(4 if you count Nazi Germany as atheist) of them , Catholics vs protestants for 4 .

Please specify which ones you mean. Yes, I just realized that the war of rose was religious, sorry.

 

[ddon]

the kids decide.

 

[Jerious1154]

If parents can't force their kids to go to religious services and events then no kid would ever go to them. If you're five years old, you're not considering the merits of religion versus atheism, you just don't want to have to sit through a boring sermon.

Parents have the right to raise their children as they see fit. Should they be able to force their child to believe what they do? No. But what the family does is the parents' decision. If they go to church, then they go to church.

 

[Bagaloo]

This thread is irrelevant; you can't not impose your beliefs on your child.
Its going to arise at some point, because you will be practicing your faith, and you wont be able to keep that entirely seperate.

Children will emulate their parents; its only when they are in their teens that they begin to form their own solid opinions.

Personally, I don't see what all the fuss is about. People are free to follow whatever religion they choose. People are also free to raise their children to follow their religion. If it sticks, fair enough, if it doesn't, fair enough.

The only real issue that people tend to have boils down to the fact that people will raise their kids to follow their own religion (or lack thereof) and this contradicts your religion (or lack thereof)

 

[nerd51075]

I voted yes/no. I think it is every parents right to raise their child as they see fit, but should respect their child's different point of view should it arise in respectful, civil discourse.

This. My parents actually got this one right. I stopped believing in God at around age 7. My parents respected it, and that was the end of it. When a parent makes a big fuss about their child having different religious beliefs, it only exacerbates any preexisting problems, and puts a strain on the parent-child relationship that is important to everyone, not just chilldren.

 

[MelziGurl]

My boyfriends brothers girlfriend (gah the confusion) is still forced to attend a Catholic Church. If she doesn't, shit hits the fan. I can't stand it, I can't stand seeing a legally independant person being forced to do anything simply because their parents think they have that right. If she was attending of her own free will, then so be it.

 

[stonethered]

yes/no
they should have the right to introduce their religion to their kids but it is not possible to force it on the children and still have it be religion. i believe in christianity as a personal relationship with God. if the child is just forced to 'believe' then they never actually develop a true relationship with God. but if they are introduced to it they can make their own choice, the way it is meant to be.

 

[LewsTherin]

You can't force anyone to believe anything.

 

[KarumaK]

Yes, that's how society works parents try to imprint their vision of the world on their children. The children then grow up and choose who's view they will accept. Some follow the parents, some follow another fuck over yonder.

Life goes on.

 

[Ghadente]

LOL at anyone who chose 'yes'.

Forcing your beliefs on anyone, especially children, is absurdly wrong.
The right thing to do, is give them options. Explain and teach them about every type of religion and make sure they know its ok for them to choose what they feel is right.
Help them come to an educated decision, not shoving one religion down their throats. Heck thats a good way to steer them away from that religion anyhow.

too much ignorance and closed-mindedness in this world already, lets try not to add more of it by raising our children as such.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

was this brought on by the aethist questioning thing?or vice-versa?

I was raised a christian,never regret it.parents have a right to raise their children as they see fit within the law.it also falls under the whole duty of witnessing thing religions have,who better than your child?

 

[lizards]

FUCK NO i was lucky enough to grow up rich

and i hit the lottery twice and got parents that were the coolest people ever they encouraged my free thinking which my mom says i took that idea and ran with it

no parent should have the right to force an religion on their kids my parents said that if i wanted to go to church good if i didnt o well it was my choice and i believe this is how every parent should raise their kid on the stand point of religion

 

[Awesometown]

If your raised with religion in the future you can decide if you believe or not but if your raised atheist chances your going to stay that way

 

[pdpstyle]

I voted yes because the saying "you can lead a horse to water but cant make him drink" comes to mind

 

[Deadarm]

My mother forced me to learn the views of the mormons, as a result I am the non believer you see before you today. I've always thought that if you want to teach a child religion, teach it all religion and not just 1 specific sub branch of chrisianity, no I will not capitalise the c in christianity, christ or the g in god because they are all nothing more than a bad idea in my opinion. I've nearly gone so far as to get myself labeled as a heritic in most of the small podunk towns that my mother forced me to live in growing up. I wasn't the hooligan type but I openly spoke out against every person in town as soon as them mentioned god or christ. Yet again I challenge god to send that bolt of lightning if I am wrong. This makes 27 direct challenges and not 1 single strike has so much as come near me. Looks like I'll probably win this one as well.

 

[Deadarm]

I voted yes because the saying "you can lead a horse to water but cant make him drink" comes to mind

Childeren only do what their parents say after they are 2 years old for fear of punishment, so yes you can force a child to learn something.

 

[Foolish Mortal]

Hell yeah they should. Every morning over their Shreddies.

Come on, this is incredibly biased on the 'against' side. What about the hardcore religious believers on the Escapist who want to ensure their kids don't burn in merry hell? Where's the FUCK YEAH option? Put that one in and then we'll talk.