Yes, they should. Religious indoctrination is child abuse.
Pls define what you think indoctrination is
indoctrination: the process of teaching someone to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
religious indoctrination would mean the process of teaching someone to accept a set of religious beliefs uncritically
Forcing your kid to go to church against their wishes would fit this definition.
If my child decides that he does not want to go to science class because he believes the Earth is flat and evolution is false, is it indoctrination for me to force him to go anyway?
'Science class in public school' does not equal 'parent forcing child to remain in parents faith'.
Unless you want a 'school board' established to oversee your family unit.
So is your contention that indoctrination becomes acceptable once the position in question is backed by the state?
No. My position is 'indoctrination' by the state, in the state education system is accountable to the public. As you know.
'Indoctrination' in the family unit should not be unaccountable, particularly in matters of personal belief where a child does not acquiesce to the family unit's belief system and wishes to express its belief contrary to that.
I don't see why the person who is being asked to uncritically accept a set of beliefs they do not choose to hold to would care if the organ teaching them these beliefs is accountable to the public. In the end it is still forcing beliefs on someone who rejects them, which is indoctrination per Ferguson's definition.
