Argument 2 — "Don't indoctrinate children, teach critical thinking" — presents a false dichotomy. You can only separate religion from critical thinking IF you assume all religion is false, making this circular.

Dawkins assumes religion and critical thinking are mutually exclusive options for parents. But this only works if every religion is false and based on lies — if a religion IS true, then teaching it IS teaching truth alongside critical thinking. This is circular: it assumes atheism to prove atheism. Winger points out indoctrination (teaching without permitting questioning) is a human problem across all worldviews, including atheism. References Natasha Crain's resources for Christian parents teaching critical thinking, including The Fallacy Detective. Also notes the article says children will "choose" whether religion is true — but truth is discovered, not chosen; this hints at relativism.