Don't remember if you said ...the iDEA of...originally bill, but anyway I acknowledged that in my reply, as well as saying that believing is not the easy option very often.          Bill sez also....common and useful superstition...   I think that is known as begging the question, alternate view is that God has revealed something of himself in creation, not to mention revelation. WHIch brings me to your next claim, that children not exposed to religion will not nesecarily believe in God. You specified reason and science being taught them , and I can go with that as long as they are not taught the religion of evolutionism either. However,I think there have been studies done with children that indicate that left to themselves they look at things in creation and conclude that someone made them ( I confess not rechecked that yet) , so as I suggested , a presuppositional obvious. However if you have a source to cite that supports your claim. Please share as I want to be fair in this.    And what you say is my ...silly...idea is IMO far from that. Rather I think you are being naïve if you think law can really be truly neutral. Take for example Dawkins and co campaigning against kids being taught the options re origins. It is their religiously held atheism driving them to push to get laws to outlaw giving kids alternate views.