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handofdave
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Re: Blasphemy law abolished
Mar 10, 2008, 00:53
shanshee_allures wrote:
handofdave wrote:

Many, many people, in fact, more than not, raise their kids under religious tradition. I'm OK with that as long as they're allowed to ask questions and are allowed to leave that religion if they choose.


Perhaps. But can a child choose not to have once been circumcised, for example? I mean if they reach adulthood and decide that's what they want...
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That's probably the least of any concerns about lingering effects of indoctrination. You don't miss what you never had. Hell, I went for most of my childhood thinking what I had was what a normal one should look like. After I discovered I'd been circumcised, (not for religious reasons, just what they commonly did in the early sixties, I guess), it didn't bother me for a second.

Female circumcision, on the other hand, is a really drastic procedure and I'd agree with you on your point.

And, of course, the extreme religious variants, that twist minds into ignorance and hate- well, I suppose I'm not going to say that I wouldn't oppose some larger social intervention on those kid's behalf. But even there one runs into the problem of who is defining who and for what purpose. Israel is surrounded by people who preach that Jews ought to be wiped from the face of the earth.... clearly a majority intervention in that case wouldn't be to help anyone avoid religious bias, just to slaughter an entire people.
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