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In reply to the discussion: Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason [View all]cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)16. That is not an apt comparison. Religion teaches WHAT to think and believe.
Educating children ABOUT what you and others believe without telling them it is fact that they must also believe is not what civics class or other educational institutions do. If they are, then it is indoctrination.
The same goes for parents. No Sunday school I know of (other than the UU's educate children about what their parents and others believe regarding religion, and instead choose to tell them WHAT to believe, and that said belief is the only true and valid religion. That is indoctrination.
I've said the same thing several times now. I hope you understand.
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As a listener to his podcast, I always associated his voice with a radio DJ
brooklynite
Apr 2013
#29
FFS, rug. If we're to have a meaningful conversation, please stop inferring things that aren't there
cleanhippie
Apr 2013
#19