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Originally Posted by msicidron
wait till they are old enough to decide for themselves.
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i have heard this over and over about kids and religion.
the thing is, if kids dont learn at a very early age the kind of basic moral teaching that comes from a outlook that rejects violence, materialism and egoism, then you can be sure that the world will teach them to embrace those things in a framework of situational ethics or moral relativism. if you believe
"might makes right" and that unrestricted consumerism is a valid lifestyle choice then i guess thats ok, but to think that anyone turning 18 is suddenly able to make an uninfluenced decision on how they view the world, as long as you dont teach them religion, is naive extreme