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Essay / Indoctrination of Children into Religion - 2457
EntryOne of the most discussed topics in the modern world is the indoctrination of children into religion. Children are not developed enough to decide what to believe or not to believe. Everyone is born without believing in a religion until it is forced on them or they are developed enough to decide whether one religion "works" for them or not. Most of the time, parents are the most influential element in a child's life. They decide what an appropriate education is for their successor and impose their ideas on their child. The world is diverse and people grow up in different cultures and practice different traditions. So it might be easy for any of us to judge someone else based on an outsider's opinion. But we need to consider the fact that our opinions are wrong about someone's lifestyle. In the same circumstances we can discuss religion, analyzing its impact in different countries. Is it beneficial to indoctrinate children into religion since they are immature and do not know what is right or wrong? Every human being has the divine right to make their own decisions without being affected by outside influences. But can a child make a decision as important as what to believe since he is immature? Of course, he cannot, but society has the duty to guarantee the child a good educational system, which will help him to be independent in his further actions. Indoctrinating your offspring into religion can be considered abuse, not in a physical context, but it prevents the child from growing up properly and hinders their freedom.ChildrenWhy the majority of people across cultures and throughout history believe are they in the gods? One way to approach this question is to examine why children acquire beliefs in gods. If an idea can't be easy...... middle of paper ......ld is. And this is why children need to be indoctrinated from a young age, because they are immature and can be easily deceived. This is the idea behind the Jesuit maxim: “Give me a child up to the age of seven and I will give you the man.” What kind of “truth” must be taught before people become mature? This is a very poor alternative to the truth. Many Christians agree that Christianity must train immature brains to survive in future generations. If they accept it, what can they say about their famous claim that God exists and controls everything? Well, that's another topic to discuss and I won't consider it worth disagreeing with someone's beliefs since I respect the right to think what you want and not not impose the truth. So should they stop indoctrinating children, let them be free to think what they want after being sufficiently educated and matured?..