Ticked off!

Ok, I was on Gaia, looking through the Chatterbox threads and I saw that there were a bunch pertaining to “The Golden Compass”.  This revealed something to me that I’ve always hoped was true.  Kids are not stupid!  We do notice the things that happen around us.  One girl posted a thread about how she was Christian and she wants to see TGC, but her mom won’t let her because the movie “goes against our beliefs”.  It’s hard for me not to jump in the thread, because a majority of the people that are still posting are religious.  However, we also are a bit more understanding than adults.

The girl also mentioned how when she was 18-21 she wanted to drop the whole religious thing.  When another girl asked her if she really meant that and asked if she’d thought about her parents’ reactions, she responded that yeah, she meant it and the only reason she was waiting was because she didn’t want to ave to deal with “parental consent”.  Excuse my language, but what the fuck?  Why should a child need their parents’ CONSENT to believe something?  What, should I go ask my dad if it’s ok if I’m not atheist or something?  This is part of the reason I don’t like highly religious parents.  Because their kids are afraid to tell them if they do or do not believe in God.  I think that that is ridiculous.

That is oppression to me.  That girl wants to wait until she’s an adult to even attempt to find her own religion.  Maybe some people need to step back and give their kids some breathing room.  All this crap about how evil TGC or Harry Potter or anything that doesn’t promote God and his fancy little kingdom should go out the window.  I know, I know.  A lot of them just aren’t smart enough to let it go and maybe I’m being spiteful saying that, but I don’t care.  I don’t think it’s right that someone’s kid doesn’t fell she has the permission to say she doesn’t believe in God.  It just seems that religious people, not all of them, but a good many of the ones I’ve seen, are brainwashing their children from an early age.  Is there something wrong with letting the child grow and then decide what they want to believe?  Are they that afraid that they’ll lose followers by doing that that they must force kids to accept God?  I’m too frustrated to really thing right now.  But that just doesn’t seem right to me.  Then again I have a dad who’s Atheist and he doesn’t push me one way or another.  He’s told me what he believes and he’s left it at that.  Besides, I already chose science over god.  So, I guess I’m going to Hell.  Well, I’m proud.