Religion as a Tool of Ignorance

clipped from mariopiperni.com 83 percent of home-schooling parents want to give their children “religious or moral instruction.” The majority of home-schoolers self-identify as evangelical Christians Two of the best-selling biology textbooks stack the deck against evolution One of the books doesn’t attempt to mask disdain for Darwin and evolutionary science. The textbook delivers a religious ultimatum to young readers and parents, warning in its “History of Life” chapter that a “Christian worldview … is the only correct view of reality; anyone who rejects it will not only fail to reach heaven but also fail to see the world as it truly is.” clipped from mariopiperni.com Yes, I understand that parents are free to teach their children whatever they wish but how unfortunate that “creationist” parents end up doing more harm than good. Belief in God is well and good as long as you keep it out of the realm of science. As soon as you do, your religion becomes a tool of ignorance.

Parents who deliberately keep their children ignorant are abusive