Most people baptise their children at a very young age. By doing this, aren't you deciding what your child should believe in, instead of leaving it to be his or her choice?
When children are so young, their brain is not developed to tackle such hard issues, that we as adults cannot even come to agreement with. When you sell this story to children, they will easily believe in it (which could be a possible explanation to why anyone is religious at all). When doing this, you are by definition, indoctrinating a defenseless child; which I would argue is psychological abuse.
Question: Are Baptising and teaching religious doctrine to children morally wrong? On that grounds that it interferes with his freedom to choose.
Baptising a Child
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Serpent Oracle
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Re: Baptising a Child
Post #81Well said.McCulloch wrote: There are no Christian children, Muslim children, Hindu children or even atheist children any more than there are Conservative, Liberal, Marxist or neo-Keynesian children. There are children of Christian, Muslim, Hindu or atheist parents. However, parents will and should be expected to, instill in their children the values that they hold to be true and valuable.
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Post #82AmenMcCulloch wrote: There are no Christian children, Muslim children, Hindu children or even atheist children any more than there are Conservative, Liberal, Marxist or neo-Keynesian children. There are children of Christian, Muslim, Hindu or atheist parents. However, parents will and should be expected to, instill in their children the values that they hold to be true and valuable.
