[Jay Riall]

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I think indoctrinating children into organized Christianity does a great deal more harm than good, and I wouldn't marry someone who wanted to raise our children in an organized religion. It is that big a deal to me.

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Maybe if they take them to the Jesus Camp types of church. There are actually Christians who preach love and understanding in this world (though they are obviously not as prominent as the nutty Christians).

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Yeah, but that kind of fits into my point-- you can teach peace, love, and understanding without needing it to be in the name of a deity. Christianity is superfluous here. (To clarify, I'm not talking about Jesus, the preacher and philosopher; I'm talking about the fetishization of the crucifixion, the basic assumptions that we are born sinful and can only be redeemed through worshiping an omniscient deity and his representative on Earth's gruesome death, etc.)

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Well, if the parent thinks this is a good way to teach morality etc to their kid who are you to disagree? If you raise your child to be self-aware and open-minded I really don't see how teaching them about a deity who preaches love and forgiveness can really be such a bad thing?