Parents teaching their children their religion is not child abuse.

Look up examples of abuse. There are real abuses out there. To say teaching religion is one of them is a horrible lie that somehow has become popular to believe.

It depends on how it’s done, Not_Now.Soon.

<<Parents teaching their children their religion is not child abuse.>>

If parents simply inform their children of their own beliefs, then there is nothing wrong with that. But, let's face it, no religious parents stop there.

If, on the other hand, parents teach their children to accept their religion unquestioningly, then I would say that is a form of abuse. That's indoctrination. Worse still is when children are taught that it is a sin to question their faith.

What is absolutely child abuse is using the threat of hell to scare children into believing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7OyAnn3S7Y

Dear Bush bunny,

I'm so sorry to read about the problems you'v had with
your grandaughter. So sorry for you and your family.
I'm no pundit. I have only my own life experiences to go
on. Every relationship is a gift. I've been lucky to have
been given great gifts by each of the people I have
encountered on my journey through life. They've helped
shape me into the person I have become and still hope to
be. We all meet some bad people along the way. But we also
meet some amazing souls and its their light that fills us.
I wish for you to encounter more of the amazing souls - than
bad people in your life.

Take care and All The Best.

Dear OP2,

The following link is worth a look:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335159/Mysterious-hill-crosses-pilgrims-actually-believe-Christ-perform-miracles.html

NNN you really haven't got a clue now have you?

AJPhillips covers it pretty well but let's expand on this abuse notion.

Is it fine for believers to lie to their children based on flawed knowledge and superstitious rubbish? If you say yes where are your morals?

Is it right using those infantile flawed beliefs to indoctrinate children?

Is it OK to scare children with things like the devil and talking snakes? They are lies that don't exist!

Is it OK to scare children about the sulphur lakes of hell that don't exist and which are based on more lies?

Is it OK to scare children by lying that God murdered every child and baby in the flood that never happened?

Is it OK for believers like you to scare children about the Passover that never happened, teaching kids how God murdered every innocent baby, innocent child, and innocent babe in the womb just because they weren't an Israelite?

Is it OK for believers like you to lie and ignore all the horrors in the Bible, teaching the Bible hero rubbish, when all these so called heroes were simply psychopaths and mentally ill people?

Suddenly you don't sound very moral do you NNN?

It seems that you will lie, trick and destort the truth so that your children can get indoctrinated into your religious beliefs through lying, trickery and terrifying them and you don't care.

There is a bit more to your simplistic statement regarding the family religion now isn't there?

So none of the above is abuse? So endeth another lesson in common sense and decency for you NNN.

So are you really saying that scaring children isn't abuse? Don't pretend that isn't what happens now...

Be careful that talking snake is watching you and reading your thoughts...lmao BOO!

To AJ Philips.

If a parent believes something to be true it is not child abuse to teach their children their beliefs as if it is true. This goes beyond religion and in general raising up their children. There are abuses parents do. Real abuses. There are abuses that happen outside of parent child relationships that are also real abuses. There is abuse adults do to eachother, as well as abuse children do to eachother. Whenever someone confronts these things they should feel revolted inside of them. Something much stronger then if a parent is good or needs work. Or scrunitize that a parent should have done something a different way (as if the critism is coming from those who volunteer to help).

For example, if a parent yells at their kid, that's not abuse. It is abuse if they constantly yell at their kids, but if it's not that much at best it can be counted as bad parenting but not abusive. Child services shouldn't be called for that example even if as a bystander you or I think the parent was wrong.

The same is true with religion. You don't call child services to come pick up the kid and remove them for their own protection, (even if you don't agree with the religion), unless there is an active abusive element going on.

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