I would argue that teaching a child that her father doesn’t love her because he doesn’t share the mother’s religious beliefs is a lot more harmful to the child than anything the judge did here.
YOU have no idea what that Judge just did to that Child, unless you have walked in the shoes thats pretty bold statements.
I would argue that teaching a child that her father doesn’t love her because he doesn’t share the mother’s religious beliefs is a lot more harmful to the child than anything the judge did here.
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Many people simply will not believe that a parent would be so evil as to say that to a child. It does happen. It was done to my stepdaughter, whose “Christian” mother told her, over and over, that if her father really loved her he’d “become a Christian” (read: join MY church). The child was having recurring nightmares in which Daddy was in hell, being burned in the fire, and she couldn’t help him. This was when she was only six years old.
Her “Christian” mother lost custody before the damage was too severe for my stepdaughter to overcome, thank God.
I sincerely hope that is not what is happening in this case.
You have absolutely no evidence to support the claim that the mother taught this to the child, rather than the child formulating this conclusion on her own, which is actually quite logical and reasonable if one assumes the truth of Christianity. Further, Amanda made reference to the father's acceptance of her *own* religious beliefs, not the mother. Further still, if you read the quote, Amanda doesn't deny that her father loves her. It is however the spiritual extent of that love that she questions, and rightly so if we again assume the truth of Christianity.
This little girl seems to understand things much better than some adults...you included.