Hereditary Religion: Cultural Genetics
The End of Hereditary Religion is pleased to publish this article written by David McAfee, a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This is part one of a multi-part treatment on the subject of Hereditary Religion. We look forward to more articles by this talented young writer. Richard My interest in the field of Cultural Genetics began two years ago during an interview with a university student for a local magazine. His name was Mike and he was a second-year Theater Major at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I had the chance to speak candidly with Mike and asked him a series of questions regarding his religious preferences and freedom

You do not have to take your children to church
Image via Wikipedia There is a presumption that children must be taken to church. This presumption is based on centuries old tradition and the full backing of religious institution

A Strange Form of Indoctrination
The Western religions by no means have a monopoly on childhood indoctrination. This is perhaps one of the more bizarre examples of that: Boston boy enthroned as Buddhist sect head in Darjeeling The journey from Jigme Wangchuk to His Holiness Galwa Lorepa; the journey from Boston, USA to Drukpa Sangag Choeling Monastery in Dali, near Darjeeling town in North Bengal was definitely a trying and testing time for both 11-year-old Jigme, his parents and his sister. However, fo

Global progress towards banning all corporal punishment of children
Image by HA! Designs – Artbyheather via Flickr http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/pages/progress/global.html From End Corporal Punishment offi

James Dobson just has to be responsible for many psycopaths in America
Image via Wikipedia Dr. Dobsons advice books have sold millions of copies and even though his prescriptions have been refuted over and over, he contines to reap millions of dollars from sales of his books. This can only be occurring because his buyers are Idiot Americans who have been raised by other Idiot America