Atheist children, do you think they should be protected?

i was gonna write some lame trying to be funny answer for this, then i realized what ur sayign is actually valid. and i agree. 100 %. it could be consituted as a type of abuse, but much less actually abuse than the taking away of free expression. but then again, this society is backwards. so, there u go. if children really believe thst god doesnt exist, then they will be imune to the **** that gets spouted at them in church. if they are atheists, their parents wont change their minds. i dont tihk u can force the to tihnk one way. if they wanna tinhk one way, they will. parents are gonna change what they believe. they try. but in the long run it wont happen. im under 18 and an atheist. it apparently didnt work for me either.

It's too grey of an area. Abuse is hard to draw a line on. Some things are obvious, like hitting children. That is clearly abusive. But somethings are in a grey area and how do you lawfully enforce a grey area?

I am with you in sentiment.

As children, we trusted our parents. I did many things I didn't want to as a child, and church was one of them. Saying that....if the parent is a fanatical religion person, than yes, they should be protected.

I'm an atheist. Never instructed my youngsters that until they requested after they have been historic ample to fully grasp. Their grandfather took them to church. Even had one move to a Christian kindergarten. Neither consider in magic or fairy stories now. Their option, no longer mine.

I agree, I think parents could use to respect free will when it comes to religious views.

But many religious parents use the authoritarian method of parenting ("You will be cause I said so") because they think they always know better than their kids so they would not agree with us

I know plenty of people below 18 that would never, ever do anything their parents told them if they didnt want to.

When you speak for gay children as well, I'll talk to you. My friend's atheist and his parent's are fine with it, even though they're Christian, they don't force him to go anywhere he doesn't want to.

Of course it does.... but don't challenge that in a court of law... don't you know... religion is protected.... look at the pedo priests that got off (lmao, no pun intended).

I fear for Muslim children the most... they are the really really mentally abused and brain washed ones....

Fecking parents!

In the words of the late great George Carlin...

"**** the children."

I think all kids are stronger than we give them credit for. Teach them. Show them. Let them become who they will become in spite of, and not instead of, adversity.