UK petition against religious upbringing
by Krauze
I just found this petition against religious upbringing:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Make it illegal to indoctrinate or define children by religion before the age of 16.
The author goes on to clarify that by "indoctrination", he really means "regular religious teaching":
In order to encourage free thinking, children should not be subjected to any regular religious teaching or be allowed to be defined as belonging to a particular religious group based on the views of their parents or guardians. At the age of 16, as with other laws, they would then be considered old enough and educated enough to form their own opinion and follow any particular religion (or none at all) through free thought.
So far, it has 859 signatures. Who said Richard Dawkins' opinons about religion are too extreme to take seriously?
Update: As my fellow Telician Mike Gene points out, Richard Dawkins is one of the signatories of this petition, which he has featured on his website. Dawkins holds the chair for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and was chosen as one of Britain's top intellectuals by Prospect Magazine. Methinks Dawkins should spend more time telling the public about science and less time lobbying the government to outlaw religious upbringing.
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Hey, LLCF, the guy you "understand" thinks you're a criminal for sending your kids to Catholic school.
I just think you're a hypocrite. But I guess your wife insisted. What do they call that? |
