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Maori ritual and Christian indoctrination in New Zealand : Comments
By Ngaire McCarthy, published 19/10/2015To take the mind of a child and teach them about religion as if it were an established fact, is tantamount to child abuse and the state should not be encouraging it.
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The inevitable future will include reduced reliance on learned practices such as prayer, karaki and, in the Australian context, observance of Aboriginal and Islander rituals.
They will progressively be replaced by humanist and rationally determined teachings and practices - of this there can be little doubt.
The primary question in all cases is not "If?", but "When and how fast will this happen?"
Special interest pleadings, such as we have just read in this article, are very interesting and clearly come from the heart. They must be respected, but also recognised for what they are.