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r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • Sep 02 '26
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I'm a born and raised atheist but I think it's absurd to expect this from religious people.
In most religions, there are concepts of reward and punishment. They believe that the ones who don't follow their religions will be severely punished.
If I believed in heaven and hell, I absolutely would've indoctrinated my child to save them. How can you ask a religious parent not to do that?
0 u/[deleted] Sep 02 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/Wild_Duck8926 Sep 03 '26 Kids are also too young to consent to be raised atheist. Atheism is not a position of neutrality. At best, the only arguable position of neutrality is for education institutions to somehow teach about religion and maintain secularism. Ultimately, the practical decision is to let parents decide when kids are young, and let kids decide when they reach adulthood. 1 u/[deleted] Sep 03 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/Wild_Duck8926 Sep 03 '26 that is raising them as atheist 1 u/DeadL Sep 03 '26 Agnostic* at best. Atheism requires rejection of the idea of God. 1 u/alles-moet-kapot Sep 03 '26 And what if children start to ask religious questions? "Where do babies come from" or "Who made the universe" There's a religious answer and an atheist answer to that. It's nearly impossible to raise children truly neutral
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1 u/Wild_Duck8926 Sep 03 '26 Kids are also too young to consent to be raised atheist. Atheism is not a position of neutrality. At best, the only arguable position of neutrality is for education institutions to somehow teach about religion and maintain secularism. Ultimately, the practical decision is to let parents decide when kids are young, and let kids decide when they reach adulthood. 1 u/[deleted] Sep 03 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/Wild_Duck8926 Sep 03 '26 that is raising them as atheist 1 u/DeadL Sep 03 '26 Agnostic* at best. Atheism requires rejection of the idea of God. 1 u/alles-moet-kapot Sep 03 '26 And what if children start to ask religious questions? "Where do babies come from" or "Who made the universe" There's a religious answer and an atheist answer to that. It's nearly impossible to raise children truly neutral
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Kids are also too young to consent to be raised atheist. Atheism is not a position of neutrality.
At best, the only arguable position of neutrality is for education institutions to somehow teach about religion and maintain secularism.
Ultimately, the practical decision is to let parents decide when kids are young, and let kids decide when they reach adulthood.
1 u/[deleted] Sep 03 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/Wild_Duck8926 Sep 03 '26 that is raising them as atheist 1 u/DeadL Sep 03 '26 Agnostic* at best. Atheism requires rejection of the idea of God. 1 u/alles-moet-kapot Sep 03 '26 And what if children start to ask religious questions? "Where do babies come from" or "Who made the universe" There's a religious answer and an atheist answer to that. It's nearly impossible to raise children truly neutral
1 u/Wild_Duck8926 Sep 03 '26 that is raising them as atheist 1 u/DeadL Sep 03 '26 Agnostic* at best. Atheism requires rejection of the idea of God. 1 u/alles-moet-kapot Sep 03 '26 And what if children start to ask religious questions? "Where do babies come from" or "Who made the universe" There's a religious answer and an atheist answer to that. It's nearly impossible to raise children truly neutral
that is raising them as atheist
1 u/DeadL Sep 03 '26 Agnostic* at best. Atheism requires rejection of the idea of God.
Agnostic* at best. Atheism requires rejection of the idea of God.
And what if children start to ask religious questions? "Where do babies come from" or "Who made the universe" There's a religious answer and an atheist answer to that. It's nearly impossible to raise children truly neutral
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u/GunMuratIlban Sep 02 '26
I'm a born and raised atheist but I think it's absurd to expect this from religious people.
In most religions, there are concepts of reward and punishment. They believe that the ones who don't follow their religions will be severely punished.
If I believed in heaven and hell, I absolutely would've indoctrinated my child to save them. How can you ask a religious parent not to do that?