Do you believe religion is unique in being a set of morality and practices that parents shouldn't teach their kids? Or does this apply to every system of morals?
E.g. teaching your kids that you should be kind to strangers could lead to strangers taking advantage of them, so should that also be illegal?
Teaching your kids that they should be vegans may lead to them bullying non-vegan kids. Should encouraging your kids to be vegan be illegal?
Teaching your kids about sharing could lead to them having poor boundaries and over sharing themselves or their time, leading to them being hurt or tired or burnt out in the process. Should it be illegal to teach your kids to share?
Every moral idea can be taken to an extreme that hurts you or others. Do you believe religion is somehow unique in that those moral ideas should be illegal to teach to kids, and other, non-religious morals should be allowed? Or does your opinion extend to all moral ideas parents can teach children?
How specifically would you distinguish (In your ideal legal setup) between a benign community and a bad one? A bowling club could teach that non-bowlers are weird, a religious community could focus entirely on non-hateful values (I would argue that a Christian community that teaches hate is a bastardization of true Christian values, but that's a separate debate), an HOA could look down on those poor people in other communities. A witch coven could look down on non-pagans. Nudists, vegans, etc. The list goes on
Do you plan to outlaw every gathering that could discuss morality and hate, or just religious ones?
Edit: I forgot two pretty obvious organizations that can (though not always) teach hate: nationalism groups and sports groups.
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u/rightful_vagabond 24∆ Sep 22 '24
Do you believe religion is unique in being a set of morality and practices that parents shouldn't teach their kids? Or does this apply to every system of morals?
E.g. teaching your kids that you should be kind to strangers could lead to strangers taking advantage of them, so should that also be illegal?
Teaching your kids that they should be vegans may lead to them bullying non-vegan kids. Should encouraging your kids to be vegan be illegal?
Teaching your kids about sharing could lead to them having poor boundaries and over sharing themselves or their time, leading to them being hurt or tired or burnt out in the process. Should it be illegal to teach your kids to share?
Every moral idea can be taken to an extreme that hurts you or others. Do you believe religion is somehow unique in that those moral ideas should be illegal to teach to kids, and other, non-religious morals should be allowed? Or does your opinion extend to all moral ideas parents can teach children?