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the book, my wife was giving vegetarianism a shot, and she was reading a lot of books about animal abuse in the food industry. I read some of them, and the more I read about the life of veal, the more I felt, "Hey, that's me." The being raised in a cage, the not being allowed to move. Every aspect of my life was under strict control and observation - how I ate, where I went, whether I washed my left hand before my right, even how I put on my pants. (Right foot first, please.)

But in some ways, veal had it better than me. At least a veal wasn't put in the cage by its own mother. At least a veal isn't being told that some Great Big Cow in the Sky wants him in that cage, and if he leaves the cage, or even thinks about leaving it, then Sky Cow is going to come after him. At least everyone the veal knows is weeping for him. At least if the veal escaped, his family would be happy for him. At least if he escaped, his family wouldn't condemn him. At least if he escaped, he wouldn't be called a self-hating entree. Lucky veal".

Perhaps the worst aspect of childhood indoctrination, setting aside the fact that we allow it to happen, is the unwarranted presumption that religions are doing a good thing by usurping the rights of children. The religious call it "saving" souls, and the only way to impart morality in a child. Neither of these justifications stand on firm ground.

In recent United States history, an open door to the White House has made swaggering Christian fundamentalists brazen and reckless. Some truly repulsive examples of fear mongering, a key component of brainwashing, have been reported. Exhibit A, the Hell Houses that sprout up at the end of October to frighten children into a life of conservative religion. These are bad enough, but perhaps the most reprehensible brainwashing project was the one sponsored by Kids on Fire Summer School and Ministry in Devil's Lake, North Dakota. What about that irony? Devil's Lake couldn't they have found a camp ground to rent on Angel Lake? And, kids on fire? Presumably those are the ones who don't become born again and roast in the fiery furnace.

The warped adults behind this wretched project were accepting children as young as 6 years and ostensibly teaching them the proper way to be born again Christians. Try to keep an open mind while you watch a video documenting Jesus Camp.

Although you might believe this is a cynical assertion, childhood indoctrination is nothing more than a way to groom new customers for the business

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