Religion As Something For Children To Escape From: Dawkins

Question 1

“There’s something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point” (“The ? ?”).

Answer 1

God Delusion.

Question 2

Religion is ?, Dawkins suggests, identifying religious dress codes as an example of the way in which religion represses women.

Answer 2

Repressive.

Question 3

Dawkins suggests that conflicts between ? and Protestants in Northern Ireland exemplify the problem.

Answer 3

Catholics.

Question 4

Dawkins is concerned that in bringing children up as religious, by labelling them, ? is done.

Answer 4

Harm.

Question 5

Dawkins cites instances in the 19th century of Jewish parents being kidnapped by priests and raised as ? after secret baptisms, arguing that the idea that an uncomprehending child can be regarded as Jewish or Christian is absurd, something that comes about when a mind is “? by religious faith”.

Answer 5

Catholics.

Hijacked.

Question 6

For Dawkins, bringing up a child as a ? is a form of long-term psychological abuse by saying the power of belief to abuse is far greater than the impact of ? abuse.

Answer 6

Catholic.

Physical.

Question 7

“Children, I’ll argue, have a human right not to have their minds crippled by ? to other people’s bad ideas” (Nicholas Humphrey, “? Shall We Tell The Children?”).

Answer 7

Exposure.

What.