Baptism=child abuse
Baptism=child abuse
Initially I wasn't going to say anything about THIS article, since it seemed to be just another in a long line of atheist publicity stunts. But, the quote in which infant baptism was equated with child abuse forces me to say something.
I really do not have too much trouble imagining this becoming a serious legal issue in a generation of two. More and more, I expect, exclusionary religions - no matter how nuanced their expressions - are going to be seen in a light not dissimilar to how we currently see white separatists. The state stepping in for the "good" of a child who is being indoctrinated with "hate", really isn't difficult to envision, is it? Eventually anything short of absolute moral ambiguity is going to be seen as unacceptable and deemed hate. "Hate speech" laws are already trumping free speech all over the world...it's only a matter of time.
Additionally, if these folks thing Anglicans are torturing kids with THEIR Baptism, they ought to see ours. Theirs are like "time outs" while ours are like trips to the woodshed.
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I forcibly took my son to a WSU football game once. He HATES football and since it was WSU football that certainly qualifies for some form of abuse.
Take care, James.
No one can predict the future I suppose...but if I HAD to read the Tea leaves...well...I'd wager our descedents are in for a rough ride.
A Cougar game, eh? An ill omen for sure.
my dear Mrs was not pleased with what she saw....
fast forward years... our daughter was 4 our son was 2-- baptised Orthodox.
fast forward a few more years... our infant son was baptised in the Church.
funny how things change.
No, it's the GRANTING of the tax-exempt status that allows the fed govt to regulate church life. you wouldn't believe the controls the IRS has as a result.
The muzzling of the church's voice in any moral matter which becomes political is the most obvious. Churches could immediately recover their "voice" if they would just give up the tax benefits.
I was astonished to read the list of requirements that would need to be met for a church to give money to a poor person. You cannot just give money to a parishioner who needs help with the rent payment.
- Steve Knowlton