Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Interesting post. Have another read of it. The boy is a Jehovah's Witness so doesn't get involved with many things that are actually more cultural than religious things now.

Really the boy is no more a Jehovah's Witness than he is a Labour, Conservative or UKIP voter. His parents are and are forcing their beliefs on him.

That's a debate for another time though, whether offending a parents' beliefs is an adequate reason for wanting exemption from their children. I have certainly never restricted my daughter from any activity, secular or religious, as it's important for her to try everything and at no point have I attempted to impress my own secularism or humanism on her. She can make up her own mind when she chooses to.

Originally Posted by martyh

which is not what happens and it is ridiculous to suggest otherwise .I went to church as a child simply because my parents did it was natural and i can assure you there was no forcing involved ,i don't bother now ,i am not that religious but never in my life have i ever been forced to either follow religion or not .Most religious families are as mine where ,they simply follow religion no one is forced to do anything and your continued implication that parents around the country are forcing children against their will shows a complete lack of understanding of what actually happens.




You make it sound as though children are being dragged kicking and screaming and tied into church pews ,you really have no idea do you .There is a very real difference in raising children in a particular manner or "forcing" them to do something but i would suggest that you already know that