As mentioned in my previous post, I have been searching, but have so far been unable to find any reliable data on the subject. If you know any, I would be very interested.
I have none immediately available to me......my job means I am conversant with this topic professionally, so much, of not all of what I post is based on my own knowledge and that which I come across professionally. So forgive me if the 'me' came across as a bit off...my apologies. I will post anything relevant if I happen across it, but I don't really have the time to start sorting through studies etc at the moment....I will however elaborate a little on my premise if that helps clarify things.
It is a relatively easy thing to see that countries who do not have the basic freedoms I refered to have an increased potential toward indoctrination of the State endorsed ideology, be that religious or otherwise. This is indoctrination by imposition. Another example is this, if you are born in Saudi Arabia, you are more likely to be a Muslim of particular interpretation than a Muslim born in Turkey.....if you are born in Italy, you are more likely to be Catholic, in Britain, Protestant, in Tibet, Buddhist and so on.....so the geographical position of your birth is very likely to inform your choice of beliefs as it the prevalent culture into which you are born.....it is quite difficult for parents in prevalent cultures that are different from their own to stop those cultures influencing and informing their children's ideologies and cultural identity....and the more diverse the culture, the more difficult it becomes. And that I think is held up by what we see in society today.
In the UK, and most Western nations it is increasingly difficult to indoctrinate a child effectively into believing the same as their Parents into adulthood unless they themselves consciously make that choice themselves when they are able.....the 6 year old who believes in Santa and Angels and thinks that their deceased hamster is happy in the hands of Jesus is increasingly unlikely to still hold those beliefs when she is 16 for example....
And this is the point I was making about indoctrination, to be effective it must be done in isolation...a child exposed to other relogions, other idealogies and philosophies is unlikely to simply follow their Parents without applying critical thought to the process as they become older and more inclined to think for themselves.
The idea that somehow limiting parents rights to raise their children in the religion they themselves believe in will combat indoctrination of children into adulthood in the UK is simply not supported by what we see in our society....where the young are increasingly less likely to follow the religion of their parents, and many of those that do, either do so by their own choice or in the case of some recent growth in evangelism by going in a different direction regarding their faith......
We simply need to ensure that children and vulnerable people of all ages are not isolated or restricted from their legal rights in regard to freedom of expression and religion......so while the family going to church on Sunday or sending their child to a faith school within society as a whole is fine and will have limited impact on the ultimate freedoms and choices of that child in adulthood, the parent or group who isolate and remove their children from society itself in order to indoctrinate should be subject to the law.
I suspect people will disagree, and they should, I am not an oracle after all...but this is my basic opinion based on my knowledge of the subject.
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