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The inability of a child to thrive in a Constitutionally protected God based perpetual threat and rape culture is not a fault of the child; however it does become their odious responsibility upon reaching adulthood to resolve the harms done to them. The Christian religion at its core is a toxic mechanism whereby intergenerational trauma is kept alive, active, and deeply embedded in each new generation, as it has done over the past 2,000+ years.
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It's another day when children are being ground away so they can be used through grand-scale fraud and deception, while those crimes continue to be called religion.
PUBLISHED: July 26, 2025 01:38:11 AM UPDATED: No Updates
International law recognizes children's right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, but it falls short of explicitly prohibiting parental or institutional indoctrination, often balancing this against parental rights. The cornerstone is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), ratified by 196 countries (except the US), which in Article 14 states: "States Parties shall respect the right of the child to freedom of thought, conscience and religion." It further requires states to respect parents' rights to provide direction "in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child." This implies that as children mature, their autonomy should increase, potentially overriding coercive religious upbringing. However, the CRC does not define "indoctrination" or mandate protections against unfounded religious claims, leaving room for practices like mandatory religious education or rituals that lack scientific evidence.
Several states have entered reservations to Article 14, often to prioritize religious norms over child autonomy. For instance, Algeria reserves the right to ensure children's education aligns with the father's religion under its Family Code; Bangladesh emphasizes Islamic principles; and Brunei Darussalam subordinates the article to Islamic law. These reservations highlight how cultural and religious priorities can undermine universal protections.
The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief has stressed that children are independent rights holders, urging states to protect them from coercion, including forced conversions or harmful practices justified by religion. ohchr.org
Parents can educate children according to their convictions, including initiation rites, but must do so in ways that respect the child's evolving capacities and active role. Religious communities are called to eliminate harmful practices and challenge religious justifications for them publicly. States must ensure non-discriminatory family laws, combat coercion, and create enabling environments for children's rights, exercising due diligence in conflicts.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has not directly adjudicated cases on religious indoctrination of children, focusing instead on broader children's rights issues, such as guardianship (e.g., the 1958 Nottebohm case) or rights in occupied territories (e.g., the 2023 advisory opinion on Palestine, recalling the CRC). icj-cij.org However, the International Commission of Jurists (a non-governmental body) has issued primers on freedom of religion under international human rights law, emphasizing protections against coercion but not specifically indoctrination. icj.org
In education, international law prohibits "indoctrination" in public schools to preserve pluralism and democracy. The European Court of Human Rights, interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights, requires state education to be objective, critical, and pluralistic, avoiding imposition of specific worldviews. digitalcommons.law.byu.edu
This shifts focus from parental exemptions to ensuring children's right to form independent views, with state intervention possible if parental choices violate child rights. Topics like sex education can be taught if done objectively, considering children's maturity. Private schools and homeschooling are regulated to prevent indoctrination, but enforcement varies globally.
Overall, while bodies like the UN Human Rights Council and the Committee on the Rights of the Child monitor compliance, there's no robust mechanism to challenge religions' unfounded claims (e.g., creationism over evolution) as "fraud." For evidence based proponent, this gap is troubling: religions often assert supernatural truths without empirical evidence, potentially stunting children's critical thinking. Claims of UN declarations against taking children to church are misinformation. snopes.com
The scale of child sexual abuse by clergy, particularly in the Catholic Church, is a worldwide crisis documented in numerous investigations, revealing tens of thousands of victims and systemic cover-ups. This isn't isolated to one faith but is most quantified in Catholicism due to its structure and scandals.
Globally, a 2020 map of justice efforts identifies tens of thousands of victims over decades, with abuse in Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other groups, but Catholic cases dominate due to hierarchical concealment. justiceinfo.net A 2024 study found religious leaders as perpetrators in various faiths, with boys more likely abused in Catholic settings. sciencedirect.com For a parent, these numbers horrify them—they represent not just isolated crimes but a pattern enabled by trust in unevidenced authority.
Governments have repeatedly failed to confront religious institutions, prioritizing deference over child protection, leading to delayed justice and ongoing risks. Historical cover-ups involved church hierarchies transferring abusers, but states often enabled this through inaction, short statutes of limitations, or reluctance to prosecute.
In many cases, governments deferred to "pontifical secrecy," allowing abuse to persist. Reforms like Pope Francis's 2019 decree mandating reporting are inadequate, as they don't require civil authority involvement, and awareness remains low in regions like Africa. justiceinfo.net For informed parents, this reflects a broader failure: governments treat religions as above scrutiny, despite fraud-like claims (e.g., divine healing without evidence) that can entrap vulnerable children.
Finally and with thwsw understandings while the CRC and UN mechanisms offer some safeguards, they don't go far enough to protect children from indoctrination into unscientific worldviews or clergy abuse. Bodies like the ICJ could issue advisory opinions on children's rights if petitioned, but political will is lacking. Parents who advocate for stronger laws mandating evidence-based education, extended statutes for abuse claims, and treating religious fraud as consumer deception these failing are evidence that their children are of no concern to those in positions of power and authority. We must prioritize children's empirical reasoning and safety over institutional privilege.
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2023 Findings in Spain found that 0.6% of the population of Spain had been sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests and laity. Up to 50 million alive on any day who have been raped or abused by Catholic clergy &/or Catholic laity
Current world population is 8 billion - 0.6% = 48 million alive today who are likely to have been raped by Catholics globally.
The church protected the perpetrators, not the victims
"This is a matter for the church and I respect the internal judgements of the church. I don't stand outside the church and provide them with public lectures in terms of how they should behave. I've noted carefully what his Holiness has said in the United States. Obviously that was a source of great comfort and healing in the United States. I'm like all Australians very much looking forward to what the Pope has to say here in Australia as well, as I am to my own conversation with the Pope later this morning." Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, 17 July 2008. more
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Wednesday, 22 June 2022 - I may not have this down syntax, word and letter perfect or
with
absolute precision in every aspect; however time and the evidence will show that I am closer to the truth than
any religion has been or will likely be.
Let history be the standard by which that is measured.
Youtube - listen to Commissioner Bob
Atkinson get it wrong - again
The Commissioner informs us that the clergy sexual abuse issue was all over and that it had only been a
small statistical glitch around the year 2000. History shows this to have been a display of absolute ignorance
on the issue ...
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