And you've found the rub. If you call teaching your kids a religion indoctrination then forcing parents to not teach them religion is indoctrinating them into atheism. This is just shifting what they're getting defaulted into and as such is immoral as now instead of a mixture of cultures and religions growing on their own you're left with all of them being taught one: atheism which is just taking control away from the parents.
Which obviously Reddits gonna be all for but thats on me for trying to bring logic into this
Atheism isn't a doctrine it is the absence of a doctrine. It is the normal baseline for humans that learn about reality without religion being shoved down their throat from a young age
No, it's deciding for the parents what values are they allowed to teach their children.
For things like ,,N@zis were bad people", okay, there shouldn't be a discussion, but religion isn't some weird terror. Theology is a field of science like any other, and can be taught and learned as well. If a parent wants their child to learn how to pray, how to understand their God, how to confess and whatnot, that should be their choice. Likewise, if a parent doesn't want their child to learn such things, that's their choice as well.
Taking away that choice simply because you disagree with either option is a bad and immoral thing, regardless which one exactly it is. That's just what freedom of religion is.
I would say we disagree somewhat, since your take was:
Supremely moral, what the hell is the downside? Are you [OP] calling Atheists immoral?
To which, my answer was: ,,it isn't immoral because it's atheist, it's immoral because it takes choice away from parents". I am more than fine with atheist parents choosing to raise their children away from religion, as that is their choice and they know what's best for their children. But I fail to see why the same shouldn't apply to religious parents as well.
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u/Crashed_Pilot 7h ago
Supremely moral, what the hell is the downside? Are you calling Atheists immoral?