Resolved: Forcing religion upon children is immoral

Id like to start of by stating that within the first three lines my opponent seems to have already contradicted himself. By stating that this child was destined to be a scientist before he was born would mean that he would turn out to be a scientist. But as later stated this child does not become a scientist but rather a priest, making it impossible for him to be destined to be a scientist. 1st off dont call me an opponent. We're not in a boxing match, we're having a debate. 2nd don't play a fool saying I've contradicted myself, you know exactly what i was talking about yet you tried to twist it to your own advantage. We both know you knew exactly the intent of my statement. So please don't cheat. The point i was making was if it wasn't for the parents forcing religion he would have been a scientist. Of course i could have phrased it differently. However, i didn't think it would be picked apart with such stupidity. Give me a break. Next you mention if you were a child all you would eat is candy and apparently you would not have went to school, if your parents didn't force religion upon you. It wasn't forced on me, yet my parents still taught me morals, knowing that eating candy everyday as i got older wouldn't sustain me throughout the day was pretty obvious, and to be perfectly honest with you, I would rather learn out for myself that candy was bad to eat everyday, then find out from some "friendly priest" that candy is a good treat..... ( i think u get what im saying) or shall i get out the coloring books for you) I'll wait for you to pick that apart while desperately seeking something to use against me in your next speech. If the parents are having trouble teaching their kids that candy all the time is bad for them and not going to school will make them dumb, then maybe its time to introduce counseling. At least you can go in with your child and get to the route of the actual problem, instead of forcing religion on them, which could inadvertently cause huge side effects for the rest of us 50 years from now. (curing cancer etc, because we all know this baby is destine to do that.) Tenth "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his a$$, or anything that is your neighbor's I wouldn't force feed the 10 commandments to my child with a 1 million foot pole. With such old rules as that 10th commandment i posted above. Its a joke. I know nothing a bout the bible, haven't read the bible and i don't ever plan on getting past the 1st page of the bible If i do, it was because it was on a dare. So let me go on by saying there are many books out there that are specifically designed for parents to help teach their kids morals, without having to force religion on them. Because in 20 years when the baby becomes an adult, he wont have much say on what his religion is because he's been forced into it his entire life and its just what he's become used to. In my personal opinion religion puts a blanket on reality. It makes people believe false facts about why we are here and where we came from. If religion was forced on this child he would already know where we came from, according to the bible (adam and eve) so what curiosity would be left in him to go on to become a great scientist if he was force fed this fake idea that we all came from 2 people. Its not a correct way of doing it, force feeding a fake book onto someone as a child getting them to believe falsities is just plain barbaric and should be against the law if you ask me. I also agree that its not a binding contract and they can leave any time they want. However like you just said they leave with morals, what you didnt say is they also leave with the belief that there actually is a god (which there is not) imo. Thats like me as a parent reading only disney books to my kid because the books have good morals not only just to learn morals, but to learn that peter pan actually exists and someday when my child dies he will see peter in the after life. Give me a break. With something so fake as the bible it should be against the law to force it upon our youth. Im all for morals, but there are other less life ruining ways to do it, than forcing religion onto an unwilling victim. Why should parents help keep religion alive, its nothing more than a blood sucking company trying to get its fair share of the pie. Although in my books its not so fair, lying to people and then asking for donations.