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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it works to teach young kids multiple religions.  It's already hard enough to teach one religion.  I think the best that you can hope for is that your kid is flexible enough that when he/she gets older, he/she can be open-minded enough to learn about other religions.    This requires teaching a kid nuance and the fact that the world is complicated and simplistic theories aren't always correct in practice, which is a non-trivial thing.

Teaching things to kids in narrative form (as religion does) works well because humans take to narratives very easily.  Telling a story to convey a message is the best way to teach young kids something.  Trying to teach kids multiple religions is like trying to teach kids multiple, contradictory stories.  It's not going to work, if only because it's confusing because kids don't actually have any sense of perspective.  The first religion that you teach is going to provide the perspective/lens through which a kid will understand things.  This idea of teaching kids multiple religions comes from adults who want a certain end result but who have forgotten what it's actually like to be a young kid.[/quote]

Young kids are very malleable and trusting and are likely to believe whatever their parents tell them.  The will believe in fantasies like the easter bunny and Santa Claus, but at some point when they're older, will stop believing.

Some children approach religion the same way.  There is a growing number of adults who were taught religion as children who no longer believe as adults.[/quote]

Young kids are malleable and trusting. That’s why their parents take care of them and raise them.

You are hostile to religion and want to tell parents how to raise their children. If you had any power you might be dangerous. Thankfully, you are just another atheist troll.

Have your own kids and raise them as you wish. You have no right to judge another family on their choices. Worry about yourself. If you don’t like how your parents raised you, seek therapy.

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