Kids, Politics and Religion.

Parents are better described as guardians. Children are people in their own right and to force a view (any view) on them is to violate them as individuals.By all means expose a child to that which you think best and protect them from that which you think harmful - what else can you do?As far as Christianity goes, yes give a child a firm grounding. Try to ensure they understand what it is and what it isn't. But to brainwash them is to do them a disservice. You cannot convert them for God has no grandchildren. But solid groundings give them something they may return to when it is their time to address and evaluate the issue.They might need to see the other side before they can truly begin to appreciate Christianity. God willing they might not.

Are you suggesting that ones worldview (for that is what a religion falls under) should not be taught? Fair enough. But if you live in a secularly humanistic world then that view gets first divs on the blank canvas you suggest leaving. Or perhaps more likely; some mish mash a la carte mess made up of all the views they will come across. Very new age that.Give a them one coherant view and they can at least measure the coherancy of others whilst making up their own minds. Seems the least worst option to me.I perish the thought of little minds being constricted into thinking that all they can know is that which is empirically demonstrable.Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by iano, : No reason given.