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CMV: religion in many cases is abusive to children

It’s not fair to tell a child that something bad will happen to them if they don’t believe or do what you say. If I told a child that if they didn’t clean their room, a serial killer would come to the house and kill them in such an excruciating way that they will suffer more than they could even logically comprehend- you would think I was a monster. If I believed it, the child would most likely eventually be removed from my care, because regardless of what I believe, it’s still abuse. A child believes in Santa and the tooth fairy and will believe in hell if you tell them it exists. They don’t have the cognitive function to do anything but. Therefore, whether you’re telling them about the good or bad parts of your religion, they inherently believe it. To act as if you gave the child some choice in the matter is absolutely ridiculous. 

I have seen first hand the indoctrination of children, trust me there is no choice. These kids even go to schools that further propagate the beliefs and deny access to education that might contradict them. I sat in a room full of kids, at a “prestigious” school, as they watched a video talking about how the Cambrian explosion disproves evolution. A class of 18 year olds had no idea when the dinosaurs went extinct and made fun of me for knowing. They spent hours a day in chapel, listening to people tell them kissing your boyfriend or girlfriend is a sin. They used emotions and not logic, they had full classes to teach why other religions and especially atheists are wrong. They made secular a bad word. And science was an absolute joke being taught by someone who told kids the dinosaurs were a hoax and the great flood really happened. 

I understand that parents think they’re doing the right thing, but maybe education should be held to a certain standard. I don’t think it should be ok for a parent to remove a child from a place where they’re denied access to information, science and reason, or basic observable truths. As far as the hell aspect of this, I guess that’s harder to stop. But if society made this less acceptable I feel that it would help. I know that people say that To kids because they really believe that their baby will burn in hell. That’s awful, and I wish people would try harder to change that narrative (one I frankly find ridiculous) instead of chalking it up to, it’s none of my business, I have to respect their beliefs. Not all belief deserves respect. A child cannot process something as complex as the idea of eternity, full stop. I could say if you give me all your money you’ll live forever. That claim should be equally as ridiculous to any rational, thinking person.
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I think that it's important to recognize that many education systems utilize "appeal to authority" as their primary means of educating people. 

Citing religion is an appeal to authority.

Citing law/government is an appeal to authority.

Citing science is also an appeal to authority, unless you happen to personally be a scientist who is actively testing and experimenting with the world.