Religion
In reply to the discussion: Please note: [View all]el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)You aren't much for answering questions, I've noticed.
I don't believe in Hell myself, or to be more precise, I don't believe in infinite punishment for finite sins. We will pay for our sins, but not by being tortured eternally. That said, unless the teaching of hell as a place of infinite punishment was coupled with physical or emotional abuse, I wouldn't favor taking kids away from their parents for teaching hell.
The medical issue is a trickier one, particularly as it applies to infants and toddlers - but I suppose I would largely come down on the side of saving Children even if it offends religious beliefs.
Now a question for you - what if a parent teaches his or her children that God created the universe and the world, through processes we don't really understand - in an ideal world (ideal to you) - should that parent have their children taken away from them?
Bryant