Parents should not be allowed to impose religion on their children.

I accept. As my opponent is making a positive claim ("Parents should not be allowed to impose religion on their children") and he is challenging the status quo (many parents "impose their religion" on their children), my opponent has the Burden of Proof. Also, as my opponent has stated his case in the First Round, it's reasonable to assume that the First Round is NOT for acceptance only. 1. "Imposition of religion is harmful to a child's health in both psychological and social ways." Oh? Could you provide proof for this claim? If you're in a setting full of Christians, having Christianity "imposed" on you is beneficial to your chances of sociality. If you're in a setting full of Muslims, having Islam "imposed" on you is beneficial to your chances of sociality. If you're not in this group, it could hurt your chances of sociality. How's atheism magically exempt from this? Are you perhaps talking about some other way that being taught religion impairs your 'social ways'? How about psychological health? Explain to me how exactly being taught religion is psychologically harmful whereas atheism is not. If you believe in evolution, then you'd believe that religion has been part of the human condition for thousands (possible tens of thousands) of years. Until about 500 years ago (and in a few civilizations such as Ancient Greece), being religious has been the default. That is, the overwhelming majority of human beings who have ever existed have believed in some sort of deity or held some form of spirituality. How is that which has been the default for eons be harmful? Wouldn't evolution root it out if it were detrimental to the psychological health of human beings? Wouldn't the fact that the vast majority of humans throughout history have been religious suggest that religion is around for a good reason? Again, explain how religion is harmful to one's psychological health. 2. "The child is likely to maintain that religion throughout his/her adult life and will therefore cause them to be ignorant in the future." Before we continue, I demand that you show me that religion causes ignorance in human beings. If you're referring to Creationism: 1. Creationism isn't necessarily wrong just because you may say it is. 2. Even if it were, plenty of religious people do NOT believe in Creationism. Also, throughout history and to this day there have been plenty of very intelligent people who believed in God for all of their lives. 3. "The majority of religions are primitive and not fit for the squo". Prove that most major religions are primitive. Granted, there are plenty of indisputably primitive religions, but they're nearly extinct. Anyway, answer the question. Is it that they were established thousands of years ago? If they actually were divine revelations from God, what would their age matter? Also, how are they not fit for the squo (whatever that means)? 4. "Organized Religion can have harmful effects on society". I won't dispute the possibility of religion having harmful effects on society, but religion, organized or not, can also have beneficial effects on society. Anyway, I hand this back over to my opponent. May the better debater win.