christianity was, and is still, being used as a tool for the guys on top to gain and keep their powers. however, christianity and religions as a whole is not at fault here... i'll talk more when i got home though

You and I Aister, are on the same page.

I agree with korupt on this one

Except most modern Christians don't actually believe those things.
Excluding evangelists, most people don't actual take the Bible as a 100% true document. For example, the Catholic Church (which most Christians follow, and make up ~1/6th of the people on Earth) openly rejects Intelligent Design and Young Earth Creationism, and has recognised evolution for atleast 60 years.


I disagree.
Firstly, there are still some question with indefinite answers, such as life after death.
Secondly, many of the sociological and psychological benefits of religion are still as relevant todays as they were thousands of years ago, e.g. it's known that talking about your problems is psychologically healthy, so being able to talk (to God) about something so deep and personal than you would never tell another soul, can be a great benefit.


Except that that kind of bloodshed has happened without religion.

tbh, atheism is more or less a religion so...lol.

anyway, i think it's acceptable (and expected i guess) for a parent to kinda push their children in a certain direction, but in the end it's still the child's decision as to what they believe.

I accidentally took a pretty clear side on this. I didn't mean to start an argument about religion, I was just asking whether enforcing it on your kids is ethical or not. There were plenty of wars over religion, but like I said in my last post but you cut it out, I am skeptical that religion necessarily was the purpose for these wars or if it was the manipulation key that got the public to pursue in supporting their countries international affairs.

Getting back to the point though, rather than arguing about religion, do you believe it is acceptable to enforce religion on your children? Especially in instances where parents are extreme and home school and keep them away from modern media, just to present no other option but Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Sikhism, or whatever.

And hai Tenkai.

Well I went to a Catholic school too, and they taught evolution there. And didn't you say you switched when you were 9? You can't realy say they don't teach it, when you weren't around for the years that they teach it in.

Okay, seeing as you want to go back on topic, I'll say one last, generalised thing.
People who oppose all religion tend to have a very narrow view on what religion is.
Religion is not about teaching people that science is wrong and evil, or about fighting people from other religions and punishing anyone who says anything against your religion.
Religion is about sharing a common belief in metaphysical (i.e. that can neither be proven, nor disproven, by science nor logic) and moral matters.

And to answer the main question, yes it can be acceptable to encourage your child to share your religion.
In fact, I'd say it can be morally wrong not to in certain cases. (e.g. if your family or society are strongly religious, and exclusion could lead to physical or psychological suffering for your child. Only when the 'teaching' causes more suffering to the child, than they would suffer from not being a part of the religion, or if you teach them something that would cause suffering to others, would it be wrong to teach them.

Idk from what the news says the pope approves of abortion, gay marriage and gun control or something. The 1st two seem very anti-catholic if you take into account what the religion stands for in the first place. Ironic isnt it

Who cares? They're your child, teach them how you want. Whether they accept your teachings or not are of their choice when they become an adult.

Jake

just going off topic a moment

"Brave New World" is a very good book

If you liked that you should read "Nineteen Eighty Four" by George Orwell

Its of a similar flavor to Brave New World but in my opinion its even better