IamMichael:

Hahahaha... 30yrs lol.

Some never mature mentally

This law actually protect children from mental abuse.

However, most religious people believe that the only way to eternal pleasure is their own particular religion. They will do all in their capacity to teach their children the presumed one and only way to eternal joy.


A believer will not teach his children his faith only if he's agnostic about his religion.

Xmuslim:


Some never mature mentally

True.

Xmuslim:
This law actually protect children from mental abuse.

However, most religious people believe that the only way to eternal pleasure is their own particular religion. They will do all in their capacity to teach their children the presumed one and only way to eternal joy.


A believer will not teach his children his faith only if he's agnostic about his religion.

It does, but not a little of people are aware of it.

How do you suggest this becomes enforced then? In a non Orwellian manner.

I still plan on exposing my children to religion and culture, but not only that together with philosophy, contrary religious views and cultures, and tools for critical thought if possible from the age they can understand stories. When they grow up, and choose to go their own way that's fine by me.
I won't force religion down their throats like my parents didn't to me (was super lucky), unlike some of my mates that were sent to islamiyya and were constantly beaten and made to memorize quran.
On the subject of beating, I don't believe in it and won't allow anyone to hit them, not a mallam or a teacher in school having had sadistic abusive teachers myself.

IMAliyu:
How do you suggest this becomes enforced then? In a non Orwellian manner.

I still plan on exposing my children to religion and culture, but not only that together with philosophy, contrary religious views and cultures, and tools for critical thought if possible from the age they can understand stories. When they grow up, and choose to go their own way that's fine by me.
I won't force religion down their throats like my parents didn't to me (was super lucky), unlike some of my mates that were sent to islamiyya and were constantly beaten and made to memorize quran.
On the subject of beating, I don't believe in it and won't allow anyone to hit them, not a mallam or a teacher in school having had sadistic abusive teachers myself.

Wow!

You are one of the lucky few in this our part of the world their parents didn't force religion on. You are also an example that people who are not forced to subscribe to a particular religion will also grow up and allow their children experience such freedom.
This is wonderful because I learnt to dissociate myself from religion, and it was very hard. But, I'm free of that now, and i know the psychological impacts it can have on one's attitudes towards the world and everything in it.

IamMichael:

Wow!

You are one of the lucky few in this our part of the world their parents didn't force religion on. You are also an example that people who are not forced to subscribe to a particular religion will also grow up and allow their children experience such freedom.
This is wonderful because I learnt to dissociate myself from religion, and it was very hard. But, I'm free of that now, and i know the psychological impacts it can have on one's attitudes towards the world and everything in it.

I didn't exactly grow up without a religion, my family is Muslim and we did have a mallam that came to our house 2-3 days a week for 1-2hours to teach us how to recite Quran no shouting or beating similar to a lesson teacher which was pretty much it.
Things like how to perform the Muslim 5 daily prayers, and other parts of the religion I thought myself, by reading books from my dad's library after feeling that I had considerably inadequate knowledge of the religion compared to my friends.
My mother came from a mixed Muslim Christian family meaning a number of my family members had a different religion which made me considerably tolerant. Celebrate Salah in our house, and celebrate Christmas in my grandmother's house.
But in turn I was pretty much naive of the level of intolerance and religious zombie mentality out there, until I entered Uni and saw the true nature of things.

As a result of my personal experience, I don't have that much of a negative view of religion, despite being fully aware of it's pathology and flaws now.

IMAliyu:

I didn't exactly grow up without a religion, my family is Muslim and we did have a mallam that came to our house 2-3 days a week for 1-2hours to teach us how to recite Quran no shouting or beating similar to a lesson teacher which was pretty much it.
Things like how to perform the Muslim 5 daily prayers, and other parts of the religion I thought myself, by reading books from my dad's library after feeling that I had considerably inadequate knowledge of the religion compared to my friends.
My mother came from a mixed Muslim Christian family meaning a number of my family members had a different religion which made me considerably tolerant. Celebrate Salah in our house, and celebrate Christmas in my grandmother's house.
But in turn I was pretty much naive of the level of intolerance and religious zombie mentality out there, until I entered Uni and saw the true nature of things.

As a result of my personal experience, I don't have that much of a negative view of religion, despite being fully aware of it's pathology and flaws now.

That's very commendable bro. Discovering of self makes us more tolerant than everyone else because we understand exactly the point religious folks are coming from.