MonkeyFire
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Faith in life can be lived in any way as long as it is ethical, but faith in the truth is only one way.
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I stand by what I said. Indoctrination can happen in many ways. Example is much more powerful than lecturing.
In real life it doesn't work out that you are given "more choices." The message is that being secular is the best path, as that in Hindu homes being Hindu is the best path or in Buddhist homes being Buddhist is the best path.Being given more rather than less choices would hardly be regarded as indoctrination though. And is where those who seemingly impose their religious beliefs on their children fail in my view, even if they have the best intentions.
As the saying goes, “they can’t all be true, but they can all be false”
In real life it doesn't work out that you are given "more choices." The message is that being secular is the best path, as that in Hindu homes being Hindu is the best path or in Buddhist homes being Buddhist is the best path.
They can't all be false, actually. Because some religions (particularly branches of Buddhism) are effectively atheist.
So because they can actually contradict each other, they most definitely can't all be false.
I do in fact believe that religious belief is the default. Down through time, and around the world, all cultures have had religions. I know of only one exception. Exactly one. In this respect religion is like language. We are hardwired for it. But if it is not taught, we don't learn it.This is only so if you tend to believe that a religious belief is somehow the default when in actual fact no belief is the default. All else is imposing one's own religious beliefs on a child.
I do in fact believe that religious belief is the default. Down through time, and around the world, all cultures have had religions. I know of only one exception. Exactly one. In this respect religion is like language. We are hardwired for it. But if it is not taught, we don't learn it.
In the learning of language, scientists have proven we are absolutely hardwire for the learning of speech. Yet if we are not exposed to speech as small children, the ability to learn language dies in us. In as much as it is hardwired, it must also be culturally passed on to us.If it was the default, we might all be on the same page, but we aren't. The predisposition to such - striving for meaning but being in error - however might be within us. As I said, and one can't actually prove either way (for our ancestors), we are not born with some divine notion (babies are not), but it is the easier answer for many (to accept such).
In the learning of language, scientists have proven we are absolutely hardwire for the learning of speech. Yet if we are not exposed to speech as small children, the ability to learn language dies in us. In as much as it is hardwired, it must also be culturally passed on to us.
The same is true of religion. Our species is hardwired for belief in the supernatural. Yet it must be culturally passed on. Unfortunately today we don't get that support. Many parents do not pass on a religion. On top of that, TV creates the impression that most people do not have religion. In so many subtle ways, our culture is now giving the impression that religion is simply a nice option. So kids are getting a mixed message at best, at worst they get the message that religion is irrelevant. It is no wonder that many simply opt out, despite the hard wiring.