I feel that after your kids are 18, they are adults and you need to treat them as such. You have 18 years to try to raise them right, after that you just have to sit back and watch them live their lives. And hope that you did a good job as a parent.

Aye, but parenting doesn't stop at 18. It's a life-long thing.

On the whole, I believe it's best that you should allow your kids to have a broad perspective on religion, and not force just one on them. Sure, raise them according to your religion all you want, but force them?

I was raised Buddhist/Cristian (my parents religion is really complicated, so I'm not gonna try to explain it, mainly cause I barely get it. Let's just call it spiritual), but it was never forced. My mom listed to spiritual music when I was in the car when I was around 3. When I was growing up, I got blessed every 6 months, but I thought it was stupid and made it clear to my parents, but did it to make my mom happy. When I was around 14 I made it clear I was an atheist and despised organized religion (stemmed from going to Catholic high school and thinking how ridiculous it was), and my mom could care less. Every time someone would say something that is somewhat religious, I would just scream "bleep." I am open minded, so I plan on telling my children what I believe and why, and letting them choose what they believe and accept it.

i grew up in a forced religious household and it is still forced upon me whenever i visit home. needless to say, it didn't work

I don't think parents should force religion, no.
But I certainly don't think it hurts for a parent's religious views to influence their teachings; however, I think it's important to teach acceptance of other views, too.

Should a parent force a religion on their kids even after they are grown up?
- No, I wish they would stop forcing their views on me. I am above the legal adult age.

Would you allow your parents to interfere with how you raise your children?
- I am not going to have kids, but by some freak chance I do, I would not let them.

Haha, no. I will listen to my parents advice, but it's still my personal faith. Same goes for any future children, they'll get support, and they won't be pushed to believe in anything that doesn't work for them

I might be on the extreme end of this issue but when I was a teenager my mom had me exorcised for being queer. Because of that I couldn't have a relationship with her until a few years ago and I still don't trust her with a lot of things. So by forcing her religion on me my mother made me hate her and the church for the better part of my adolescence and early adult life. I don't hate either of them anymore but I'm still pretty cautious. If I ever have kids my mom is not going to talk to them about religion if she wants them in her life.

Religion is a family heirloom.
The way I see it is children are brainwashed when they're young and consequentially inherit absurd beliefs (like noahs ark) from their parents.

Parents SHOULD NOT impose their religious values on their children
once they are grown up, nor try to control the way they raise their children.

All too often adults teach children WHAT to think instead of teaching them HOW to think. I would completely cut off family if they tried to impose their religious values on me or my future children, even my own mother.