Richard Dawkins Says It's Wrong for Parents to Saddle Children With 'Christian' Label
Evolutionary biologist and atheist author Richard Dawkins has said that society and parents labeling young children by a religion, such as "Christian children" or "Muslim children," is just as wrong as labeling a child a "liberal" or "conservative."
"We wouldn't claim our young kids are liberals or Libertarian, so why are we saddling them with our religious labels?" Dawkins asked in an article for Time magazine on Thursday.
The author of The God Delusion was responding to a case in London concerning the banning of pork products for primary school dinners, so as not to allow children of different religious or ethnic background to consume food that might be against their beliefs.
Dawkins questioned the whole narrative that 4-year-olds are old enough to actually have religious beliefs....
Dr. Joel Beeke | 1/4/2009
