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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the sake of this argument, lets call it indoctrination. What exactly are they being indoctrinated in? Treat others as you wish to be treated, and be open to the presence of God. If the last part creeps you out, deal with it. Yes, many of you raised in a religious house, and stopped believing. You still function in society just fine. There's nothing wrong with indoctrinating children on God, as long as it's done gently. Which many parents do, and it enriches and enchants a childs life.[/quote]

I am a PP raised in a religious household. My parents were "gentle," but nonetheless I spent a long time thinking something was wrong with me, and that sense of being wrong did have an impact. The thing is that even a parent who is being gentle does it[b] within the framework of a belief system [/b]and unless you're in a religion that actively repudiates the sometimes cruel actions of god as taught in the major religious stories, a smart kid will know that no matter how gentle a parent is, the god of your belief system can act capriciously and with cruelty. It is very hard to resolve the idea of a god that loves you with a lot of the traditional religious stories.[/quote]
I understand what you are saying but I don't get where you were taught that God was capricious. But, understanding God and how people interpret Him and his Word is a whole 'nother thread.  I will say about the bolded part above that what you says can hold true for secular beliefs, any value/moral system. By the way I certainly do not believe that teaching my kids about God and faith is indoctrination. I disagree with the other pp.[/quote]

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