I do think it's kind of abusive to teach children they or their familiy/friends/acquaintances will suffer an eternity in hellfire unless they follow the one true religion in the one true sect. It's also kind of abusive to teach them that Satan is on this world and responsible for all evil. This will make them more prone to superstition and manipulation and less conducive to reason.
Btw, I won't moderate this thread since it's the "quarantine" section of this forum, plus, adam has the authority to delete anything since it is self-moderated. Just in case anyone is unaware.
I think all religions can take things to the extreme. I have seen manipulation and guilt used so I agree in that. But I do think that our society is "starving" our people by now avoiding teaching religion/Christianity at all. Most people are Biblical illiterate. They think they know what is in there but they never read it for themselves. I think we should all study all religions. We need to be knowledgeable about this instead of blindly just following whatever feels good to us for the moment.
Teaching any child about religion before the age of 16-18 (kind of arbitrary) is indoctrination and as such child abuse. The kid might never be able to recover as even otherwise intelligent people are often religious.