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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The snowflakes a melting because a poster used indoctrinate ([b]factually[/b]) in a post?
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Definition of fact: "a thing that is known or proved to be true"

We generally don't consider something only a portion of the populace knows to be true to be fact. Otherwise I could just as easily say that it is a fact that any given religion (for the sake of argument here we'll use Baha'i) is definitely true.

And no one has offered proof that religion = indoctrination.[/quote]

Definition of indoctrinate: "teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically"

When you force children, who do not yet have the mental development to think critically, to accept whatever religion you are pushing as true, it is a fact. Most believers were indoctrinated as a minor. [/quote]

Question for you PP: if you teach your children that there is no God, are you indoctrinating them? They can't think critically about that statement.[/quote]

I'm the PP. Sure, you can call it that. I don't get offended by someone saying that I'm indoctrinating them into not thinking there is a God. I welcome criticism and questioning of why I hold that view, including as the children grow and learn and ask important questions. Contrast that to most religious followers where they are supposed to blindly accept some ridiculous beliefs based primarily on faith. [/quote]

Thanks PP for your gracious response. It's refreshing.
--person you responded to[/quote]

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