I would not be telling my child that I think it's wrong to hit his sister with a hammer. I would be telling him that's it's wrong to hit his sister with a hammer. I sort of agree with your last sentence. But what I'm really saying is that, hands down, there is no evidence that God exists, therefore no evidence that the Gospels are factual accounts, enough to please an historian. In consequence, it is not justifiable to make your child believe in God. It is justifiable to tell him that you believe in God, here's why, and one day you can make up your own mind. This is what I've always said, and for saying it I've been called intolerant, bigoted, a militant atheist, etc. but what I've never been told is what's actually wrong with it!

And I do set the bar quite high for evidence. I do it in all other walks of life, so I'm not giving religion a bye. Why should I?