So you would force it on your children; that's my point. And I also think you're full of shit, saying you wouldn't care if they didn't want to learn english. In fact, I'd say you'd be an awful parent to allow that. I'm even sure it's illegal in some countries to refuse to have your child educated in the native language... So do you plan to teach your children both conservative and liberal values, both communist and democratic ones, both racist and non-racist ones? Do you plan to read your children Mein Kampf, and tell them how great a leader Hitler was, so they can decide for themselves whether or not to hate Jews? I doubt it. There's one point here: Parents have the right to teach their children and pass down their opinions to them. This happens in practically everything a parent teaches a child. Yes, I know; which is why I said that the bible stories are no different than ones in other historical texts.