Is richard dawkins right?

Question

should we be horrified to call a child a "christian" child
or indeed a muslim or hindu child

do you think the prof. is correct

Answer 1

Until the child is old enough to develop his own beliefs, there is no reason to assign him to a particular religion.

Answer 2

I think the religious branding which is part and parcel of the religious indoctrination and conditioning of children is deeply immoral and deeply disturbing, yes I think Prof Dawkins is correct.

I would say it is an abuse cycle passed on from parent to child that needs to be broken, we can only begin to do this by recognising what is happening as the abuse it most surely is and discussing it realistically.

Answer 3

Horrified? No. Strange, yes, a little. The child should have a chance to make up his own mind when he comes of age and doesn't need the label... but Horrified? He's just as extreme as some Christians when it comes to this sort of thing.

Answer 4

Yes, Dawkins is right. A child is a child, and that's what matters. The religious identification is unnecessary. Let the child decide (when he or she is old enough) whether or not it wants to follow certain religious beliefs and assume related identifiers.

Answer 5

Only in the sense that ingraining a religion on a child predisposes (at the very least) them to that religion, to the point that they accept the religious teachings as truth without examining the facts.

To me believing in Santa was a fun thing, but I still remember the look of betrayal in my daughter's eye when she found out that it was a myth.

Answer 6

Being right to make others wrong is as deadly as being wrong of such high-mindead law vs law is loser vs loser.

It's as foolish to win a sides war as to lose a sides war.

Dawkins has yet to learn root cause of infirmities is law.
And it's preposterous order to teach first and learn after.

I do hope we don't have to hear this: R. Dawkins is Dead.
It's what we hear about sow dog done many highmindeads.

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 7

since RIchard feels parents should not be allowed to teach their children religion this is a euphamistic understantment of his views

there are Biblical promises of covenant nature for protection for Christian children... so ... no technically he is wrong..but if he wants to be horrified... Halloween is upon us..let it be so

poor RIchard is the one with the God Delusion
we live before the face of God and RIchard cannot see it...
but Jesus is merciful and he has saved many a British playboy and slave captain and made them God's child by

but by grace... perhaps there is hope for Prof Dawkins yet


"let the little children come to Me" Jesus

Answer 8

I think I read that in God Delusion. Ummm, to a degree, kids should be kids.

But I am also convinced that 99.9% of all parents want the best for their children. For Christian parents, this would probably include not wanting them to go to hell, so they get taught about Christianity.

Answer 9

Parents have the God given right recognized throughout most the world, to raise their child as they see fit spiritually.
That includes raising them to be atheist.

But that doesn't mean the child has to accept how they where raised when they get old enough to make their own decisions about their life.

Answer 10

Richard Dawkings is not right and there are huge flaws in his arguements....see this for the other aspect of the arguement.

http://cis.org.uk/resources/dawkins.shtml

I challenge DuckPhup to actually sit through the entire lecture / information set and reason on the evidence...as if...he will.