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NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)

20. Let's be honest and call it what it is...

Reply to msongs (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 10, 2017, 08:15 PM

Nov 2017

...indoctrination.

It is not merely learned behavior, it's not some simple cooking class, or a better way to tie your shoes, it is an all encompassing indoctrination from birth to death.

And it has to remain so, to survive.

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Religious people are NOT "born believers," landmark study reveals [View all] trotsky Nov 2017 OP

This should be posted in the "stating the blindingly obvious" group. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #1

I thought not too long ago you posted that people were born religious?? Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #2

Really? eom guillaumeb Nov 2017 #3

YA RLY trotsky Nov 2017 #5

Great minds and all that Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #7

REALLY!! Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #6

Genetically predisposed? yallerdawg Nov 2017 #8

tying to split hairs?? Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #9

Or trying to point out your mistake? guillaumeb Nov 2017 #13

Please explain more fully so i can find out what my mistake is so I might Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #14

Yallerdawg did so in #8. eom guillaumeb Nov 2017 #15

I asked you not Yallerdawg----he did not explain anything Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #16

Perhaps not to your satisfaction. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #17

and I asked you politely to explain my mistake Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #19

You posted a link to another post. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #21

I posted a link to one of your posts Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #22

To head off any misunderstandings, guillaumeb Nov 2017 #23

A suggestion that humans are hardwired to religious belief----First one Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #24

Thank you. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #25

Or perhaps the old age question of: Why am I here?? Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #26

That also. I agree. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #27

There was almost no debate in the pre-scientific era marylandblue Nov 2017 #33

Not blindingly obvious marylandblue Nov 2017 #34

Humans learn most things. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #35

We are genetically primed for certain lessons marylandblue Nov 2017 #36

Who is 'we'? AtheistCrusader Nov 2017 #37

Did you not understand what I wrote? guillaumeb Nov 2017 #38

I think you did not understand what Atheist Crusader wrote marylandblue Nov 2017 #39

Feel free to explain how the generic pronoun use of "we" guillaumeb Nov 2017 #40

Not up to me to explain, but I think it's clear you misunderstood his point marylandblue Nov 2017 #41

No, he clearly missed the point. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #42

As far as I am concerned, this is a failure. marylandblue Nov 2017 #43

It is definitely a failure. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #44

I fear that neither will you marylandblue Nov 2017 #45

But if it did............ guillaumeb Nov 2017 #10

A lot like the 'gungeon' groupies. yallerdawg Nov 2017 #11

And I thought your post about humans being born religious was stretching Lordquinton Nov 2017 #28

Your framing is stretching things a bit. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #31

My framing... Lordquinton Nov 2017 #32

babies have no religion. religion is learned behavior that must be carefully taught and can be un msongs Nov 2017 #4

Babies have no language either. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #18

Visual representation of post #18 Lordquinton Nov 2017 #29

Let's be honest and call it what it is... NeoGreen Nov 2017 #20

DUH. n/t Brainstormy Nov 2017 #12

I dunno... Lordquinton Nov 2017 #30