• enkers@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Religion today is voluntary, at least in most of the world.

    You often don’t have the autonomy to not participate in religion as a child if your parents want you to.

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      True but I mean no one respects child autonomy anyway, so we would need to levy that criticism far more widely if we want to take it seriously.

      Plus I’m not sure I trust governments to protect child welfare more than their parents do. Parents are imperfect but when governments get it wrong the consequences are far more catastrophic.

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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        yup. we need to listen to kids more and treat them with more respect and do more to protect their rights. dress codes don’t remotely accomplish this and do the opposite