The psychology of religion, part V
Teaching your children your religion is potentially harming them
Author’s note: Many readers who find this article are likely to be religious. This article is not a criticism of you as a human being. It is, however, a criticism of some of the things you may believe to be true without having any valid reason for doing so. Cultures, which often include a built-in religion, are psychologically powerful but often irrational. If you’re offended by this essay, I understand. If you want to go away and never come back here, that’s fine. I hope you wake up from your faith somewhere else because faith is also belief in the absence of any evidence. Please don’t proselytize. I have explored all the arguments for faith already.
Parents teach their children to look both ways when crossing the street. They tell them to look only one way when choosing a religion.
Graham Kendall
In a truly free society, it should be illegal to indoctrinate children into any single religion. Once the age of majority is reached, then by all means, use any arguments you l…
