"All Thinking Men Are Atheists" -Ernest Hemingway

...Or as some may call it, child abuse.

Before you decide to disapprove of my title, read the blog.

I grew up under Lutheran parents. My parents went to church every Easter and Christmas, so I also went.  They baptized me before I could even understand what was going on.  People would label me as a Lutheran child.  Parents label children everyday.  "Oh, this is a Catholic child," or, "This child is Protestant."  Well I believe that to be completely wrong. 

You, as a parent, do not decide if a child is gay or democrat.  You don't decide that "My child is a heterosexual" before he/she even begins to have hormones which could dictate that decision.  Why should parents be allowed to decide a child's religion before they can even speak, walk, read or comprehend.  To label a child and to separate children at such an early age is child abuse.

Also, to explain to children that there is only one true god, and that if they do not follow that belief they will end up in the worst place imaginable for eternity is completely outrageous! 

I take off this label of being Lutheran.  I no longer have fear.  I no longer talk to myself at night, putting my troubles in the hands of something that doesn't exist.  My only regret is spending the first 15 years of my life believing that I must serve something that doesn't exist to ensure my place in a make-believe place.

<b>Child indoctrination is child abuse.</b>


Ok, go ahead and disagree.