Originally posted by Opium no

Originally posted by Bathomet I just can't believe you can stuff your child's mind with utter ********, like miracles happen, gays are inferior beings or frighten them by saying they are going to hell. Those can have a very damaging effect on a child.

It depends on what your religious teachings includes and how you teach it.

If you tell teach your child:

• Hateful and bigoted behaviour
• Eternal damnation for not following your religion
• Punishment for discobedience from your religion
• To throw out rational thinking in favor of religion
  

then yes you are definitely harming your child. Whether this qualifies as child abuse depends on how viciously and and agressive this indoctrination is. If you teach love and compassion then there is obviously nothing wrong with that (although I don't see how there is a necessity for a god in that case but that is for another debate)

Originally posted by Bathomet I just can't believe you can stuff your child's mind with utter ********, like miracles happen, gays are inferior beings or frighten a teenager saying they are going to hell if they masturbate. Those can have a very damaging effect on a child.

Originally posted by Bicassie no...........i cant at yall gays......like

Originally posted by Reza no and I have the receipts to prove it. my mom is very religious and she has always been kind to me and taught me to respect others. She's also talked to me about the power of prayers and forgiveness which she learned in the church. Its helped me deal with a lot of hard times in my life.

Originally posted by Lucas32 It depends on what your religious teachings includes and how you teach it. If you tell teach your child: Hateful and bigoted behaviour Eternal damnation for not following your religion Punishment for discobedience from your religion To throw out rational thinking in favor of religion then yes you are definitely harming your child. Whether this qualifies as child abuse depends on how viciously and and agressive this indoctrination is. If you teach love and compassion then there is obviously nothing wrong with that (although I don't see how there is a necessity for a god in that case but that is for another debate)

Originally posted by Bathomet so only religious people can be kind? Raising a child without religion will make them evil?

Originally posted by Bathomet please give me one reason why religious upbringing is benefical for a child.

Originally posted by Bathomet so only religious people can be kind? Raising a child without religion will make them evil?

This argument is so dated and false.
Without religions you still have rules (like the golden rule for example). Empathy and compassion explain morality without the necessity for religion. Also without a religion you have nothing to live for? My friends and family count for nothing? As if love loses value without an afterlife. In fact life gains meaning without a religion because now is all there is.
Also religion actually takes away accountability for your actions because all you have to do is repent and you are good whereas without a god you actually have to deal with longranging consequences for your actions.
I'd say religion does a better job at splitting societies than uniting them for holding them together
The first four commandments are absolutely useless and the other ideas are not unique to christianity. Also the 10C miss important stuff like rape or slavery, so clearly morality has other sources as well.