Does it make you sick seeing young teens being brainwashed into right-wing homophobia and bigotry? (video)
American☆Atheist
2012/06/08 18:12:47
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If you cannot reason your "opinion", or are unwilling to have it questioned, you should not post here...
If a religion is truly as great as each of it's followers claims to believe, they should have faith that when a person reaches an age where they're able to think critically and ask questions, they will find their way to that religions naturally. No manipulation should be necessary, those who engage in it have no faith in their religion or their children.
Indoctrination is closed-minded thinking, it's biased to one perspective alone, children should be taught numerous perspectives and then to question everything until they figure out the truth for themselves or at least whichever perspective they prefer the sound of. For instance children should be taught about the creation myth, the big bang theory, the theory of evolution and many other ideas, but they shouldn't be taught that any particular one of them is an absolute truth, as it's not open to interpretation or that future evidence being presented won't cause a much needed re-interpretation. This girl in the linked video was obviously indoctrinated with biased Christian beliefs, but if she'd been allowed to grow up with an open mind and was then taught about Christianity as a young adult, she'd be truly independent and free to make up her own mind. Some religious people don't want to risk that, because they have no faith in their children, themselves, their religion or even their deity. They have to indoctrinate, because they know the alternative will mean the inevitable demise of their religion.
You are representing everything you have insulted me over: indoctrinating others in your own bigotry, biased comments, intolerance for others' right to teach their children values (e.g., manners, morals, keeping promises, respecting others, the Bible & the US Constitution). I'm sorry if you believe these things should not be taught to children, but yet cannot understand that those things DO affect society in a POSITIVE manner. What you & yours would have taught (indoctrinate) to our children include things such as it being healthy to masturbate anytime they want, to have sex with anyone outside of marriage, that homosexuality is "normal", that telling "white lies" is necessary, that gossip & maligning others is good, that cheating on tests "isn't that bad", that the US Constitution, like the Bible, was just written by a bunch of old white men from another time & place,...
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You are representing everything you have insulted me over: indoctrinating others in your own bigotry, biased comments, intolerance for others' right to teach their children values (e.g., manners, morals, keeping promises, respecting others, the Bible & the US Constitution). I'm sorry if you believe these things should not be taught to children, but yet cannot understand that those things DO affect society in a POSITIVE manner. What you & yours would have taught (indoctrinate) to our children include things such as it being healthy to masturbate anytime they want, to have sex with anyone outside of marriage, that homosexuality is "normal", that telling "white lies" is necessary, that gossip & maligning others is good, that cheating on tests "isn't that bad", that the US Constitution, like the Bible, was just written by a bunch of old white men from another time & place, etc., etc. ad nauseum.
Obviously, it is people like you who have "no faith in their children", because you think that by teaching them good stuff growing up, they will continue being good & not make their own independent decision to be a miscreant.
Not shocked that the video on top is "8 reasons why homeschooling rocks".