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In reply to the discussion: I don’t want my wife to indoctrinate our two-year-old into religion [View all]Mariana
(14,847 posts)33. Most of the time, the early religious indoctrination works.
Yes, some religious parents have atheist children, or children who convert to a totally different religion, but that is not the norm.
I suspect that most of the time, religious indoctrination by parents is done out of love. For example, a parent who believe that all non-Christians are going to burn for eternity will probably do anything they think is likely to increase the odds that his or her children will be Christian. As a loving parent, you takes steps to protect your children from harm. You lock up the poisons, you don't let them play in the road, you don't leave guns and knives laying around, and you teach them how to avoid going to hell.
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cleanhippie
Dec 2014
OP
ikr! Whouda thunkit...maybe people shud work these things out BEFORE they commit to marriage and kids...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2014
#51
"I think a lot of this has more to do with tradition and community than anything else."
cleanhippie
Dec 2014
#5
It could be they want them to catch literary references in classic books, and they want them to do
MADem
Dec 2014
#41
He's an atheist, she's a Christian, and this didn't come up 'til they had a child?
Jim__
Dec 2014
#6
I always laugh when I hear that not indoctrinating a child into religion is indoctrinating them
cleanhippie
Dec 2014
#15
Indeed.. the thought that atheism is the default position continues to baffle...
truebrit71
Dec 2014
#42
It sounds like a tough situation, but the husband can talk to the kid as well
Bjorn Against
Dec 2014
#12
I fear this poor 2 year old would be deluged with all kinds of books about religions
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2014
#38
I think of marriage as a partnership, where both sides must work together.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2014
#47