Dawkin's Child Abuse

Richard Dawkins is a brilliant man and his contributions to the Evolution Theory have been very thorough and thought out. With that being said, I think that he should stick to doing what he is best at doing, speaking about the things he has thought out in advance. His comment about child abuse by calling them Christian, Muslim, or whatever religion to which a family pertains were rational on one hand, but not on the other. If a child is brought up under a faith he/she is being taught what is believed by that family, he practices the religions rituals, he believes the religion's story, etc. If he looks like a dog, barks like a dog, and acts like a dog, he's probably a dog. There could be a point when the child grows and decides if it is what they want or no.

When someone is born in the England, they are English. They are raised English, taught English, they learn to have English pride. These are the circumstances in which the person was born. When they grow up they can decide to take on another citizenship and leave their English citizenship. It is their choice, but they will still be raises that way and they will be considered English as well. Is it wrong to say that a child is English because he was born on one piece of land and not another? On one side of a man made line and not on the other side? Why if he didn't choose to be born there? Well, because those are the circumstances he was born into and that is the way he was raised.

For the billions of Christians it isn't wrong for a child to be called a Christian because Christianity is the truth for them. For all the Muslims it is okay for a child to be raised Muslim because the Muslim beliefs are true to them. To an atheist, it is perfectly fine for someone to raise a child atheist because it is the truth to them. For each one it is okay if it is in agreement with their own beliefs, and rightly so. I think it is more okay, if i can say that, that a Christian or Muslim do it than an atheist, for the examples given. For these religious people they are not dealing with just someones choice, they are dealing with their eternity and the religious person does it for their love for the child and the good of the child. If that child chooses otherwise when they are older, they have chosen on their own and the parent can no longer do anything about it.