I think religious indoctrination is comparable to child molestation. Why? Because most of the religious people of the world are born into their religion and labeled from birth to represent a certain ideology. Thus they are left with no choice to analyze their religion before they choose it. The years 1-5 are the years that are the most important for childs development. Whatever a parent teaches his/hers child during that time will impact the childs future. It makes me sad to think that children are led to believe into a giant fairy, all Omnipotent being, whose windy cosmic farts run the universe :|
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"The first five years of a child's life are fundamentally important. They are the foundation that shapes children's future health, happiness, growth, development and learning achievement at school, in the family and community, and in life in general.
Recent research confirms that the first five years are particularly important for the development of the child's brain, and the first three years are the most critical in shaping the child's brain architecture. Early experiences provide the base for the brain's organizational development and functioning throughout life. They have a direct impact on how children develop learning skills as well as social and emotional abilities."
Study: Religious children are less able to distinguish fantasy from reality
What do you think, is it as bad as child abuse? Do you think religion should be taught as a fact or as a thing that exists? Discuss.
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Interviewer Mehdi Hasan asked: ‘You believe that being bought up as a Catholic is worse than being abused by a priest?’.
Professor Dawkins replied: ‘There are shades of being abused by a priest, and I quoted an example of a woman in America who wrote to me saying that when she was seven years old she was sexually abused by a priest in his car.
‘At the same time a friend of hers, also seven, who was of a Protestant family, died, and she was told that because her friend was Protestant she had gone to Hell and will be roasting in Hell forever.
‘She told me of those two abuses, she got over the physical abuse; it was yucky but she got over it.
‘But the mental abuse of being told about Hell, she took years to get over.’
Professor Dawkins replied: ‘There are shades of being abused by a priest, and I quoted an example of a woman in America who wrote to me saying that when she was seven years old she was sexually abused by a priest in his car.
‘At the same time a friend of hers, also seven, who was of a Protestant family, died, and she was told that because her friend was Protestant she had gone to Hell and will be roasting in Hell forever.
‘She told me of those two abuses, she got over the physical abuse; it was yucky but she got over it.
‘But the mental abuse of being told about Hell, she took years to get over.’
"The first five years of a child's life are fundamentally important. They are the foundation that shapes children's future health, happiness, growth, development and learning achievement at school, in the family and community, and in life in general.
Recent research confirms that the first five years are particularly important for the development of the child's brain, and the first three years are the most critical in shaping the child's brain architecture. Early experiences provide the base for the brain's organizational development and functioning throughout life. They have a direct impact on how children develop learning skills as well as social and emotional abilities."
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Study: Religious children are less able to distinguish fantasy from reality
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What do you think, is it as bad as child abuse? Do you think religion should be taught as a fact or as a thing that exists? Discuss.
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. Also which religious demographic did they use? Hindi? Christian? Jewish? Why does it matter? Spme children could do it better than others. What is the scientist definition of "fantasy"? Is it their beliefs? What a silly study, I am by no means religious but stop giving Atheist a bad name thinking you know better for a child and trying to be like the religious extremist who try to force their beliefs down people's throats. Let the child's parent decide that for now :|. If you're so discontent in how a child is raused then adopt or make yoir own kids and teach them. But don't follow a double standard and force a belieg down their throats just like extremists do yours and expect no retaliation and giving atheist a bad name ._.