I apologize for the length of the article but the subject takes me particularly and it is right that we speak.
Since the early years we were led to believe by her family and the school to the existence of God and we take as true, to the right, the things we were told about it. No child, given his ignorance, would object to what the family and the teachers tell because they are figures in which the child sees the ultimate expression of good example, the right way, and the correct behavior.
The child in the course of his life, such as baptism ceremonies are imposed (of which I will discuss further below) or Confirmation, Communion and Confirmation; ceremonies in which the child shall, without knowing the deep meaning to taking them right, for normal things, things you need to do.
In most children, however, is not allowed in which god to believe as the only one who knows is the one proposed by Catholicism, the only religion taught in schools and catechesis. The children clearly do not know the existence of other religions because they are taught is the first Catholic and believe that this is the only learned at school and just and when they learn of the existence of other religions are beginning to ask questions like because the that each child is placed.
The child grows, however, get to know, learning theory and other sources to form his own opinion, but too late.
may one day decide that the Catholic religion is not for him then argues for more reliogiosi cults or agnosticism or atheism, but now without realizing it has already received two sacraments of a religion in which no reflects.
My opinion about these opening lines is that the religious orientation, like politics of belonging, and must be freely chosen for themselves at an age when the individual is able to decide without saying what he thinks is more correct.
looking more specifically follow the chronology of the stages of its submission to the religious majority of the children.
Baptism The Sacrament of Baptism is the act "whereby one is freed from sin and reborn as sons of God, we become members of Christ, it is incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission ".
This heavy task and then learn the small through baptism.
Like a poor little a few pounds and without cognitive abilities may already be a sinner, no one can explain it or maybe it does the Catholic Church but not providing theses funds.
Given the inability of understanding and the will of a newborn there may be an offense incapable of division.
The child, unconsciously, he became a member of the Roman Catholic Church no one will know what it is.
Canon law states that "man is incorporated into the Church of Christ and it is in person, with rights and duties that Christians held their present condition, are proper, as they are in ecclesiastical communion and they do not come between a lawfully imposed sanction. "
Catholic education
Benedict Crax good thing he did: in 1984 there was the Revison of the Concordat. Since then, the Catholic religion is no longer the state religion and no longer exists an obligation to freuenza time religion. Nevertheless, teachers are appointed the Curia but paid by the State.
Far freuqntare a child of the time religion is not entirely wrong as he learns what is a religion and can begin to ask questions regarding both the teacher and parents. The answers, however, must be impartial or have the child sucitare doubt on the existence of God or not, the truth or otherwise of religion, so for him to get a feel.
I said that "it is not entirely wrong to attend religious instruction" because I think it wrong that this time we only teach the Catholic religion and will not provide a basic knowledge about all religions. If so the child would have real freedom of choice to follow a religious cult. Unfortunately this does not happen then the child takes the right to mere existence, the Catholic religion.
Catechesis
During the progress in primary education can enroll the child or teaching the catechism of the Catholic religion itself. It is assumed that parents who enroll their children to catechism classes are not believers "rose water" but the true followers of Catholicism who want to learn very specific education to the child. Again the child, most often, is in the catechism without knowing why. If his classmates go there we want to go too. He attended catechism classes only for the company quinidi. A child will never ask, "Mom subscribe to the catechism because I want to know the religion."
Confession
Other Sacramento is provided by the Catholic confession.
Usually the child receives the Sacrament if enrolled in a catechesis that taught him the meaning of this Sacrament, perhaps the only truly learned by a child.
Inside the dark confessional the boy, about 6-7 years, must confess their sins to a priest.
I can not understand what could be the sins committed by a child of 6 years and is expected to admit up to a stranger for a not well defined.
Communion
This term means that the faithful enter into communion with God Communion is the act by which one receives the sacrament of the Eucharist.
Ask yourself if a child 7-8 years old when it takes communion, includes the meaning of the Eucharist.
The child feels that we should simply take communion and be happy with the gifts received from relatives of the farthest degree.
Another way in which the innocent ignorance of abused children and a note in which overshadow the religious principles of this by virtue of consumerism.
Confirmation Confirmation is often known by the most faithful and intgralisti only by the name of Confirmation.
This sacrament is to make people fully aware of the believer by which he confirms, as the name implies, was a Mebra the Catholic Church, a witness to the Word of God and that promise to give thanks to the faith.
One child 9-10 years certainly knows full operation of the Catholic Church and therefore can undergo with firm conviction in the Sacrament of Confirmation.
The child is actually being said is that the confirmation to get married tomorrow.
This is the last sacrament that a child receives before it begins to understand the world.
We come now to the social aspects of religion.
Secular state
As mentioned above, thanks to the revision of the Concordat in 1984, Italy is a secular state that guarantees freedom of worship and does not constitute in any form or by any means a particular religion nor permit the decisions concerning the nation are affected by the intervention of the church.
Alas, unfortunately it is not: the Vatican always influence the enactment of any law or social value on the life events such as artificial insemination, abortion, euthanasia, oral contraceptives and do not and so on. What is serious is that the same rulers to respect the principle of secularism.
The crucifix
He recently caused a stir the European Court ruling that requires the removal of crucifixes from the walls of state buildings.
Again, the principle of secularism is less: why display a religious symbol in a secular state? Some say that is part of Italian history, who claims it is a tradition and such. I say to Article I argue that these arguments that the posting of crocefisio in public buildings has been imposed by a law enacted during the Fascist period in which Catholicism was the state religion. Today Not having more no longer makes sense to exist on the crucifix on the wall.
If a believer wants talk to God it does in places designated for that purpose.
believers - Catholics and to the 'rose water'
I think there are two types of believers: the real ones, just Catholics, and those to the 'rose water'.
The first are those who follow quite literally the Catholic doctrine or any other religion: prayers, fish (which is always meat) on Friday, Sunday church services, Christmas and pasuqali and anything else required by the rules , those believers who claim that theirs is the only right religion and their God is the only one making fools of those who think like them.
I believe second hand because according to them God exists and exists because the majority believes it (!), Go to Mass because it makes thanks to the Lord even if they do not know the various phases of commissioning. I mean are those children who as adults have not discussed the religious aspect and have never put a question on what raccontatogli childhood.
Then there are those who call themselves believers but do not belong to any religious belief but claim that God exists and that it need not be as described by various religions. Maybe they have not learned the meaning of the word agnostic.
Agnostics
agnostics are often confused with the atheists.
Agnostics are those who "do not care" whether or not a god, not follow any religion or because they have not found one that seems most likely either because they despise all religion as a state that each god cult has described to your liking, as it was more convenient to make it appear.
Agnostics then suspend their judgments about the divine but believe that there is something more but do not call with nesun name or identify something with this kind improperly called god.
Atheists
An individual atheist denies the existence of any religious deity and supreme force.
The atheist denies the existence of a god because it believes that all apparentementi insipegabili phenomena can be explained by the passage of time and scientific innovation without seeking the answer to a god giving a specific event.
Usually a person becomes an atheist after learning information about different religions through agnosticism.
The atheist, therefore, states that everything in due time, can be explained by logic and reason.
An operation can be assumed that some atheists who behave the same way as the more fundamentalist believers but on the opposite side.
The beauty of being atheists (like the writer) or agnostic is that each that defines the individual who is in his own way: there is no doctrine which governs atheism and agnosticism.
Marriage
Another hot topic is marriage or the instrument with which it is confirmed in writing to the union between two people through a contract that has legal effects as the rights and responsibilities of spouses.
For the definition of marriage since I guess you understand what I prefer ritual: the calendar.
If an atheist and wanted to marry a believer that there is not famous at all. The atheist would opt for a civil ceremony for the believer that canon. Usually, alas, it is the atheist who accepts the religious rites and sacrifices under the blackmail of the partners believer who says, "If you do not believe in God should not care about getting married in church." An immense this aberration as the atheist can not care nicely of marriage before God but that rode to celebrate both the official of a institution (the church) that represents it. It's like saying to Vendola to join the new force.
could bring the rite to end mixed but always in the church there is always a priest to celebrate it. The civil ceremony but does not affect any of the two future spouses.
But if the atheist is told "but it's tradition" or "and the choreography?" it is better not to marry their own. The civil ceremony can take place well in any place of surprising beauty.
"Sbattezzo"
This word has spread recently thanks to a campaign promoted by the 'Union of Atheists, Agnostics and Rationalists.
is to communicate to the Roman Catholic Church that will not be his Mebra. With the baptism was in fact subjects of the church.
In the jargon canonical "sbattezzo" is said to apostasy and is considered a mortal sin, a crime (that fear, eh!).
This act has consequences NOT civli but only as part of canon law or rule that is not any legal relationship of everyday life.
When we hear "tot Italians are believers" means that to make the survey was based on the number of the baptized. One who has been named, unknowingly, may well be an atheist or any other religion.
I proceeded to sbattezzo.
Finally I'll tell you what I am religiously: I stopped going to the time of my own religion in the third grade (and thus to maturity) and the catechism, always I made my decision not to or communion or confirmation in November 2010 and I proceeded to "sbattezzo.
Being one of the most complex topic I apologize for any omissions.
If you'd like to explore the themes you see Wikipedia, the site Union of Atheists, Agnostics and Rationalists regard secularism , atheism, agnosticism and "sbattezzo" or Site atei.it for "classification" of atheists.
