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[quote=Anonymous][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]

In my family, we are similar. I tell my kids that they don't have to believe me. They can look up information and examine it for themselves. Then, we discuss. It's a great learning opportunity and helps to develop analytical and critical thinking skills.

This is very different than how I was raised. Bible study was for analysis of the words and their meaning. It was assumed those words were already truth. [/quote]

I'm Christian. I was raised with the knowledge that I could believe what I wanted, but that my parents and many other people around me believed (and lived!) the Bible. I wouldn't be a Christian if there hadn't been openness and practicing what you preached.

I realize not everyone gets that - regardless of religious background - and I'm grateful for it.[/quote]

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