Casting Quote by George Berkeley

“Indoctrinating a child with fundamentalist religious doctrine warps their instinctive attributes and causes them to contradict reason by default.”

— Al Stefanelli

That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with…

— Charles Tupper

“When it comes to the education of our young, this privilege should only be given to those whose visions are solely in the uplifting…

— C. JoyBell C

Just so that we are clear on this, I am in favour of teaching children about different beliefs. I am not in favour of…

— Liz Williams

“It would be unjust toward children to introduce them to Christian teaching and existence only as little pagans and catechumens, in order to leave…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

“Many parents as well as teachers refuse to place this responsibility upon children for fear of the mistakes that they will make. On account…

— Frank Morton McMurry

“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in the process…

— Doris Lessing

“...moral and religious education, and especially the education a child receives at home, where parents are allowed - even expected - to determine for…

— Nicholas Humphrey

“evangelism of children nonetheless seeks to cut off the process of independent thought before it begins. It’s this aspect of religious indoctrination that is…

— Dale McGowan

Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.

— Richard Dawkins

My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum…

— Christopher Hitchens

If you should prefer to understand that children are those human beings who have not yet found the grasp of their own minds, then…

— Richard Mitchell