24 Jun 19
@secondson saidYou are probably the laziest contributor to this forum, maybe after Whodey.
Give them all their money?
@fmf saidI have very mixed feelings on this one; on the one hand I see the bible stating “train a child in the way they should go...” and on the other I see the terrible harm child indoctrination does.
Without necessarily giving away any biographical details, what lengths do you feel parents should go to to produce teenage and adult offspring who share their parents' spiritual beliefs?
24 Jun 19
@divegeester saidAre the 'tools' that parents [hopefully, ideally] give their children so that they can arrive at [for example] historical perspectives or political stances of their own more or less the same 'tools' that people use to analyze or arrive at their spiritual perspectives?
I have very mixed feelings on this one; on the one hand I see the bible stating “train a child in the way they should go...” and on the other I see the terrible harm child indoctrination does.
25 Jun 19
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@fmf saidNot being a parent myself nor having much insight as to how parents educate their kids on religious matters I find my perspective limited to how I was brought up and how I observe some family members bringing up their kids.
Are the 'tools' that parents [hopefully, ideally] give their children so that they can arrive at [for example] historical perspectives or political stances of their own more or less the same 'tools' that people use to analyze or arrive at their spiritual perspectives?
There is no doubt in my mind that the religious indoctrination at a young age creates a need in the child to adhere to that teaching. I have no doubt that this phenomena is nefariously leveraged by certain extremist religious groups to create the next generation of terrorists.
What’s your thoughts on your OP?
25 Jun 19
@divegeester saidSo you say that I'm better?
You are probably the laziest contributor to this forum, maybe after Whodey.
I just love compliments.
Thanks! 🙂
25 Jun 19
@patzering saidI think that parents should curl up into a fetal ball of mush and hide all their beliefs from their children so that the state can raise them properly.
I think parents should do and be what they like and let their kids observe and decide for themselves what they want to do and be and the parents should support them.
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25 Jun 19
@fmf saidAs an atheist without kids, my experience with this question is rather feeble.
Without necessarily giving away any biographical details, what lengths do you feel parents should go to to produce teenage and adult offspring who share their parents' spiritual beliefs?
The best I can do is make a parallel with vegetarianism (something I can relate to) and whether vegetarian parents should raise their children as vegetarians. To this, I would answer that it is perfectly understandable that such parents would choose to raise their children as non-meat eaters and to educate them as to why they themselves had chosen not to eat meat. However, they should also bring their children up to think for themselves and be accepting of their child if later in life they decided to eat meat.
26 Jun 19
@fmf saidIt's not possible to do it.
Without necessarily giving away any biographical details, what lengths do you feel parents should go to to produce teenage and adult offspring who share their parents' spiritual beliefs?
My parents tried their honest best to do it with me, and they failed.
Why? Because people are going to follow their own Spiritual paths, regardless of what others tell them to do.