Atheist Mom Forced Into Court-Ordered Christian Counseling

[Curmudgeoness]

121. Wow, you have said that she "selected" this counselor at least ten times,

but you have no idea whether that statement is true or not. You "assume" it is true because of your experience, which I doubt was in the same court as this one. It is possible that there were no other choices, but you keep insisting that there must have been. In fact, you have made so many assumptions about what happened here that your argument collapses. You have no idea whether this woman was just trying to get out of counseling, but you insinuate that.

But besides that, the whole point is that NO court should use any religion peddling counselors on their approved lists. If a counselor is unable to help someone without invoking a god, they are incompetent. And if the courts do have a list of approved counselors, some of which are going to shove their religion down the patient's throat, then I would say that it should be specified when given that list that this counselor is "Christian based" or "Islam based" or whatever religion they are hard-selling. No one should find this out after they have made the selection and paid for the first session.

I will make an assumption of my own and say that you are a Christian who thinks that there is nothing wrong with imposing your beliefs on others, since your beliefs are right and everyone else is wrong. But that is just an assumption, so it isn't worth much.