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Religion & HumanityIndoctrination
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Like any word with multiple meanings or potential intentions in use, context is paramount. So is discerning context.
The specific use of indoctrination in religious discussions tends to be, to forc... |
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ConsciousnessALTRUISM and SELFISHNESS
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Altruism is an indirect selfishness.
it is usually a product of cultural indoctrination which makes selfishness a dirty word, so as to maintain social harmony. |
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Science vs ReligionEVOLUTION
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Discernment, Theory. See the "indoctrination" thread I started. That... |
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Religion & HumanityIndoctrination
4 Posts • 2964 Views
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The word 'indoctrination' gets bandied about often especially in religious discussions. So let's take a look at the definition of indoctrinate:
"in·doc ·tri·nate  &a... |
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God in Religionwhy do you believe in god?
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Wow, people do hear what they want don't they, and defensively protect that which they don't have faith can sustain itself.
Religion isn't the crutch, your cowardice in failing to ch... |
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God in ReligionWhy Do You NOT Believe In God?
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"You said that god could do a better job. How? By speaking to us, maybe he/she/it already does and we don't listen (obviosly we don't)."
He hasn't spoken to me. He should hav... |
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ChristianityWhat makes people so angry about the Christian faith?
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im glad we agree, but my other point is that it is not just christianity that has such problems. look at sharia law in islam, to our eyes that seems backward, but due to indoctrination in their countr... |
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GovernmentThe meaning of democracy
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Decius, arrogant and condescending to the end eh?
What misdirection? And how is she unable to expound upon her points and add information?
Chritianity and its attempt to monopolize on indoctrination... |
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Constituion poorly enforced
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Ok first off, religion, by default, should not be forced on anyone. So if the parents are insistant about going to church/temple/mousk and their kids are too young to be left at home, they're goi... |
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SpiritualityI'm think I'm losing faith in God.
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I think I'm beginning to see pupa ria and wittgenstein's argument more clearly.
In reality, the only way you could be a true agnostic was if you were only exposed to the labels and their... |
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GovernmentOccupy Wall Street
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ok so everyone can be free and produce what they want and own whatever they can afford. I have always believed every action has a consequence. and that if you do something you have to deal with the co... |
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ChristianityCellphone VS Bible
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Questioning the usefulness of a bible is different than questioning the existance of a creative force often labled as god.
And arguing with a person who has decided to believe something instead of... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismFeelings of Guilt After Religious Disaffiliation (leaving a religion)
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Are you someone who was indoctrinated as a child into a religious group and then as an adult realized that you didn't actually believe what was taught to you, so you stopped believing in/followin... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismAetheists Are Illogical
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To avoid the lacking clarity on the definition of atheist in the header statement, I feel, anyone who makes claims of factual reality one way or the other when they actually do not know, is illogical.... |
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God in ReligionProve the existence of god
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Fire, Hmm, all that depth and substance, my mind is so overwhelmed I just don't know where to begin.
So what statements were you so deftly enunciating that you are not in accord with again?... |
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A sequestered analyst's announcement
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Obsessed with hunting down another human who thinks as you do? If not, there is no
need to read further because it shows that those who think just like you
already surround you.
You must long to... |
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Godwill religions join with the returning of Jesus?
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It is a fact that those centres of power that have religion and its moral values in their sights have combined the wide opportunities at their disposal and are acting in alliance against people who ha... |
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GovernmentOccupy Wall Street
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Actually American indoctrination these days is very very left leaning. Ask any highschooler what form of government America should head towards and they invariably say Socialism. Asked why and they sa... |
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Science vs ReligionEVOLUTION
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You declaring an assertion doesn't make what you assert factual or true. My statement was made in response to what was inferred by Theory
What assertion did I make?
I did speak of the possi... |
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GovernmentThe meaning of democracy
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Hilariously assumptive and completely off base.
No, I am none of your labels.
If I had the ability I would simply ask your personal positions and chosen labels and wait for a reply, but alas, I... |
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War & TerrorismPlease Watch This
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This is a propaganda War, a war for your mind, to subdue and divide us, I cannot stress the importance of our need of truthful information. We are being lied to, this should not make you happy, nor sh... |
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Religion & HumanityReligion fear tactics
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Where do I even begin...
Could you get me a link for the Milton Friedman quote? I read the entire Wikipedia on him and, from what I've gathered, it doesn't seem like something he'd s... |
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ChristianityCellphone VS Bible
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Did I state anything against commenting negatively? Show me
You said nothing, against, in terms of telling people not too, but that was not the point I made.
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ChristianityCellphone VS Bible
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speaking evil of you
Sir, if you are accusing someone here of speaking evil of a 13 year old girl without any truth to back such a statement, I'm afraid I will have to ask you to kindly go fuck... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismWhat is the root cause of atheist's disbelief and are they qualified to debate theism?
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Brother, I would love to discuss this with you.
Do you subscribe to, and understand the concept of probability and deduction?
Decius, as I would love to discuss it with you. You have a beautiful m... |
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