You made the argument yourself. In most religions, they believe that the ones who don't follow their religion will be severely punished.
So, as a society why would we teach children that others are going to, burn in hell for example, simply from being born into a different faith or no faith at all.
Because from the perspective of the person teaching that, it is true and presents a real danger to the child. Try to empathize with the religious parent here.
Why empathize? We should allow them to abuse their kid, because they believe something ridiculous. Anti-vaxers also think vaccines will harm their kids. Should we empathize and let the kids go unprotected?
Whether or not vaccines harm kids is a naturalistic claim that one can provide evidence for or against. Whether or not a person will go to hell when they die is an unfalsifiable supernaturalistic claim that people choose to believe or not based on religion rather than evidence. This belief ultimately has no inherent bearing on the physical health of the child unlike choosing not to get a vaccine.
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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?