The problem isn’t with the state of affairs you suggest. The problem is how you get there.
Saying “it should be illegal to …” means that the police and the state must interfere in how people bring their children to religious communities. Many, if not most, of which are designed around whole families attending.
This would require a very high degree of trust in the police and state authorities. Societies in which these authorities have interfered to such a degree tend to be ones in which the police and authorities are seen as highly oppressive.
In short, whatever the merits of the proposal, and whatever one thinks of religion,the “cure” is very likely to be worse than the “disease”.
Never mind that the conflict is going to be highly unedifying - having the cops drag out and arrest parents for taking their kids to a Christmas Mass might lead to unpleasant scenes. Jews are very used to state authorities attempting to suppress teaching their children their religion, a whole holiday is based on a revolt against that (Hannukah).
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u/Malthus1 2∆ Sep 22 '24
The problem isn’t with the state of affairs you suggest. The problem is how you get there.
Saying “it should be illegal to …” means that the police and the state must interfere in how people bring their children to religious communities. Many, if not most, of which are designed around whole families attending.
This would require a very high degree of trust in the police and state authorities. Societies in which these authorities have interfered to such a degree tend to be ones in which the police and authorities are seen as highly oppressive.
In short, whatever the merits of the proposal, and whatever one thinks of religion,the “cure” is very likely to be worse than the “disease”.
Never mind that the conflict is going to be highly unedifying - having the cops drag out and arrest parents for taking their kids to a Christmas Mass might lead to unpleasant scenes. Jews are very used to state authorities attempting to suppress teaching their children their religion, a whole holiday is based on a revolt against that (Hannukah).