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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can never understand why parents need their children to follow the same religion as them. Or even follow religion at all. It just breeds resentment to be harassed into learning prayers and going to places you have no interest in. If a child wants to enter a religion out of their own interest, then That is fine. If a child wants to be an atheist, that should also be fine. More often than not, I think this whole “my child needs to practise my religion” business is very much based on the parents’ need to keep appearances in the community. It’s fake and disingenuous while also psychologically damaging to the poor kid who didn’t choose that belief system to begin with[/quote]

The parents are the parents and the children are the children.  For thousands of years parents have practiced their family's religion.  Once the young person is
18 and an adult they are free to explore and chose their own religion.

The default of today's families is practicing no religion and parents saying they want their child to select their own religion.  Essentially we are becoming a secular
society by default and Europe is even more so.[/quote]

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