Is indoctrinating a kid with organized religion child abuse?

I think introducing a kid to religion when they believe anything an authority figure teaches them is wrong. If they believe in Santa, the Easter bunny and the tooth fairy, they will definitely believe that there is an all powerful, all knowing, all good being capable of punishing them to an eternity of suffering if they don't follow the rules of some book. Hell, maybe they will be naive enough to believe they can walk out into traffic and because they are young and innocent, God will miraculously save their lives with all his great powers?? Who knows.

I have 2 kids who will be able to go to church when I feel they can freely think for themselves and make an educated opinion. At 5 and 7, I do believe they will be influenced by all the propaganda too easily. Just my opinion.

Ultimately, I teach them to treat people the way you want to be treated. That's enough for now.

Peace

Depends on the kid. The vast majority of people are going to grow up to be mindless conformists, so they might as well be indoctrinated to believe in some mythology or other to keep them from jumping out of windows or shooting themselves. But if the kid has a mind of their own...you will one day be treated with nothing but hatred and contempt.

I think it depends on the religion. One that opens the mind could be helpful. Rigid rules and thinking of any kind lead to abuse.

for me it was.

skunkd0c said:

Dr Phill can answer this one for you Dr Phill Had to intervene when a lady was giving a child hot-sauce as a punishment for telling lies If the religion causes physical damage , and or involves "self esteem attacks" then it is indeed abuse and even the word "torture" can be used peace

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"self esteem attacks"????????????

All true and this, religion takes away our personal power. There is nothing outside ourselves more powerful than we are. Those in power who created religions because they knew that

For an eye opening/mind-expanding/blowing peek as to what is the most likely scenario, I offer you Gerald Clark- several YT videos well worth the listen

BTW, excellent topic Padawan...

Pepe le skunk said:

All religion is dangerous because it teaches scape goating and is not based on science or reality. It also teaches hate and bigotry. Ever actually read the bible? Most have not. It is used to control populations. Just look at the middle east.

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