Is God belief a result of brainwashing the young?

Answer 1

The belief in a God or Faith is the result of conditioning.

This conditioning is not limited to the young but it is the favorate of religions. The reason for this is children are far less likely to question someone that looks as if they are an authority figure.
Add to this the fact that most do not give God or Pink Monkeys much thought on their own. They go by what some preacher or slick talker says and live their life. People care far more about the next Jerry Springer show then they do a fictional God!

Answer 2

Brainwashing is probably a harsh term for it, but that is sort of the idea. Children know the religion (or lack of religion) their parents teach them. If children are brought up without any religion, some will find that they wish to explore religion, but others not. Or, at a certain age, many children will reject their parents' religion and explore options anyhow. It is proven, however, that humans are "wired" to want to have a religion. That's a whole other topic, though.

Answer 3

Religion runs a distant second to the power of brainwashing of popular culture.

A proper exposure to God and religion can help to counteract the real brainwashing that popular culture is constantly throwing at all of us in books, movies, TV, songs, advertisements, and even video games.

Popular culture is constantly bombarding us with intensive, not-so-forcible indoctrination, aimed at setting up worldly convictions and attitudes.

Popular culture comes at us from all directions including books, movies, TV, songs, advertisements, video games and even the Internet.

A few of the these immoral values include:
- Lust and Sex (outside of marriage)
- A disrespect for God and religion
- A disrespect for lawful authority
- A disrespect for human dignity
- Envy, greed and consumerism
- Anger and Violence
- Drugs including smoking and alcohol
- Vanity, outside is more important than inside
- Prejudice and hate

I think that if we expose our children to all this immorality without the moral anchor of God and religion "until they can come to a conclusion of their own" then we would be unwise, irresponsible, and frequently too late.

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

I don't believe so. There are many people who are converted to spirituality when they are older. And the older conversions occur for many reasons: an eye-opening event, discussions with believers, etc.

And also, many people who do believe in a god from youth weren't brainwashed (some are, but not all). Many have just been presented with the facts and opinions a lot better than children from nonbelieving families.

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Answer 5

when i was a child i thought, and acted, and spoke as a child. but as i grew older my thoughts, actions, and the way i spoke changed. no its not a result of brainwashing the young, although i'm sure some twisted parents use God to manipulate their children into behaving. what a mistake that is. i'm pretty sure those kids grow up not believing in god, so that would disprove your statement, wouldn't it?

Answer 6

no... granted in extreme cases sure it can be. ie...fundamentalist, cults etc.. however in the majority of time God is something a person must come to accept on their own.
EX: My grandfather did not believe in religion. My mother at age became a Southern Baptist, which I was raised. During my teen yrs I became Atheist. As an adult after lots of research and what I believe to be proof, I became of Christian denomination. I don't believe in organized religion. But I do believe in Christ. So to answer your question NO.

Answer 7

Not for me. I went to Catholic school all my childhood. When I went to College, I left religion altogether for about 8 years. I even questioned the existence of God. I wiped the Slate clean sort of speak.
But at the age of 28 I rediscovered God when I really needed him. So you can say I learned to know God through actual experience. He does exist.

Answer 8

in some ways id hate to say yes, religion was supposed to teach peace and compassion for one another but it has been twisted and now no one can get along. its good that kids are taught peace and compassion etc but if they are taught corrupted stories and teachings then yes so it is kind of 1/2 and 1/2

Answer 9

No - I went to a Christian school, and probably half the people I went to school with have 'strayed' as such from Christianity.

And in the church I go to, probably half the people there were brought up in families who reject God.

So - no - it has nothing to do with brainwashing.

Answer 10

at some degree it definitely is. most believe what they are thought to believe. they never question it or ask why.

it would be interesting if no religion was thought to the young, then when they became adults they were free to chose which religion they would like to follow.