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8. Like most personal anecdotes, yours is not illustrative.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #7)

Tue Aug 14, 2012, 03:17 PM

Aug 2012

I'm going to discuss neither you nor your parents but inculcation does not raise spctres of North Korea.

Parents teach their children in myriad spoken and unspoken ways and children learn in myriad overt and latent ways.

It does raise an additional point however. What is wrong with passing on your own values to your children, provided it remains an open discussion?

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Cynical evangelisation of children [View all] cleanhippie Aug 2012 OP

without santa clause christianity would wither away and die nt msongs Aug 2012 #1

Evangelicals are one of the worst groups of people to ever have existed. Dawson Leery Aug 2012 #2

I disagree. Strongly. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #3

Dawkins calls it child abuse. longship Aug 2012 #4

I do too. Dawkins advocates (as I do) religious education, not religious indoctrination. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #5

Religious education in public schools? RobertEarl Aug 2012 #10

Adults, including nonbelievers, always inculcate their beliefs or nonbeliefs on their children. rug Aug 2012 #6

Like most general statements, yours is incorrect. MineralMan Aug 2012 #7

Like most personal anecdotes, yours is not illustrative. rug Aug 2012 #8

Indonctrinating religion into kids is child abuse. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #9