[the_sleaze_]

I think you have very strong negative opinions about religion without any strong negative experiences. I think that is fair and valid but also worth mentioning.

You were uncomfortable but not forced into traumatic situations. You probably absorbed some sense of morality in line with christian values as well. I imagine you did not sense a threat of someone walking up and offering you adderall or cigarettes. If one of my teens told me that same story I'd be a-ok with it.

My view is if there is no guiding principal the culture will devolve into base behaviors. Especially teenagers without a good capacity for future planning. And that religion is how humans get that job done, warts and all.

[duskdozer]

You're making a lot of assumptions about the parent here. It is not a neutral and comfortable thing to have people looking to proselytize you. You also clearly have positive associations with "christian values", which many do not share. Would you feel just as "a-ok" if the space were designed specifically for adults to have access to teenagers for the purpose of spreading Muslim values, anti-religion values, Satanist values, paganist values, Jehovah's Witness values, even if they weren't clearly "forced into traumatic situations"?

[the_sleaze_]

Within reason - Yes.

There are 8 billion people on the planet you can tolerate some different world views and decide your own.

This obviously has an acceptable floor of being a safe place for kids to be. Islam, Hinduism, Taoist, any of the world religions, sure. Satanism? We can probably agree that "do as thou wilst" is not an acceptable form of guidance for a 15 year old who will not completely form their brains for another decade. The Unification Church, probably not. Generally accepted as a cult. Latter Day Saints? Sure, the kids could go hang out there.