Do atheists indocrinate their children into their belief system?
- Thread starter S.A.M.
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Which is why I was wondering how the athiests did it. You know, not abused their children by only exposing them to their own beliefs. And especially their own beliefs about other beliefs.
Are Muslim children typically taught the principles behind atheism and critical thinking, are they taught Baltic paganism, Japanese animism and Sioux totemism?
Are Muslim parents exposing their children to other than their own beliefs by giving them impartial information?
Are Muslim parents exposing their children to other than their own beliefs by giving them impartial information?
Many religious activities are just that: entertainment. Socially acceptable forms of entertainment.
Faires, festivals, local customs - forms of entertainment, but the main theme is religious, though.
You find church services entertaining? I find them extremely boring, and most times insultingly arrogant.
No Muslim parents are child abusers, they only teach their children their own values including prejudice and suspicion of other belief systems including atheism. I already said that. Now I want to know how athiests avoid this massive abuse of childhood.
Would that not be abuse? You'd be indoctrinating them in your beliefs about my beliefs.
No, it's an information from a Muslim about Muslims. Not my beliefs, but your information as stated by you right here.
I'd quote you word for word.
Sam either does not know the meaning of the words...
- indoctrination
- atheism
- communism
... or is being intellectually dishonest.
Yup, my beliefs. See?
And you believe my beliefs?
So if you tell your children what you believe, thats indoctrination.
You still haven't told me your position on Santa.
Do you go around telling children there is no Santa?
I rest my case. :thumbsup:
Not beliefs, information.
I think she's being intellectually dishonest in this discussion and won't participate in it any further. I can only waste my time so much.
Exactly, so you never tell your children what you believe. Correct?
No its belief, I heard Dawkins and (Q) say it. I believe them.
Here I agree with Sam. This is indeed indoctrination. I can't speak to every case, obviously, but my family - and I love them none the less for it - tried with me; my father was intensely anti-religious and my brother at least partially so. I was bombarded with atheistic messages for years and years; I didn't take to it unkindly, merely expressing a joint and complete agnosticism of caution on all fronts. (It was only when I converted that the situation exploded into more over unpleasantness. ) So...yes, I would say that athiest parents do indeed indoctrinate their children. Why would one expect otherwise? The converse argument is used against the continued prevalence of theism, and one can hardly imagine atheism without the nearly obligatory involvement of argumentative pressure on theism; which is to say, attack on theism, which is part and parcel of atheism, it must be admitted by all parties.
) So...yes, I would say that athiest parents do indeed indoctrinate their children. Why would one expect otherwise? The converse argument is used against the continued prevalence of theism, and one can hardly imagine atheism without the nearly obligatory involvement of argumentative pressure on theism; which is to say, attack on theism, which is part and parcel of atheism, it must be admitted by all parties.
Don't tell them stories to scare them about non-existent demons and spirits that watch you everywhere.
SAM, you can educate your children about whatever you like. To some parents an understanding about religion(s) might be deemed important, to others it's not at all important.
I know that my child will learn about religion and mythology at school, so I won't force my own views about religion on them, rather let them form their own views over time (as my parents did me). I certainly won't deny my child access to religious material, why would I?
I said before that I went to a C of E school and we did prayer, sung hyms, had infrequent visits from the local vicar, etc. Despite all that I'm an atheist, go figure.
I know that my child will learn about religion and mythology at school, so I won't force my own views about religion on them, rather let them form their own views over time (as my parents did me). I certainly won't deny my child access to religious material, why would I?
I said before that I went to a C of E school and we did prayer, sung hyms, had infrequent visits from the local vicar, etc. Despite all that I'm an atheist, go figure.
Another intellectually dishonest response.
I can tell my children what I believe, that is NOT indoctrination. But, if I demand they accept those beliefs as their own beliefs uncritically, that is indoctrination. Get a fucking brain, sam.