Rachel Bronwyn wrote:Occassionally someone sues their parents for abuse and their parents argue the behaviour was religiously ordained and therefore not abusive. It's pretty unusual though. The vast majority of kids raised by Christians don't feel abused and the vast majority of Christian parents are average like every other kind of parent.
Right. I'm aware that there are cases like that. I think that there is physical abuse involved in these cases, and no children are suing or being taken away from parents just because they're Christian. Maybe someone can prove me wrong by providing links to reputable sources...?
Chris Putnam wrote:I am around fundamentalist Christians a great deal. Many are well educated and very nice caring folks. We talk and they share their concerns with me. These are concerns they have about the direction they feel things are headed. They hear comments from Dr. Dawkins (who I'm sure is no world leading spokesman for Atheists) and others make comments in speaches and in print that sets these ideas in motion.
Respectfully, I suspect these Christian fundamentalists you hang around are being hyperbolic. Or perhaps your friends are doing extreme things to their children that could be considered abuse. Perhaps you could change my mind by providing examples from reputable sources of children being taken from parents simply because of their religion.