From what I've heard even if you're brainwashed not to believe in Jesus, you still go to Hell because there's no such thing as brainwashing and you're rejecting Christ.
2007-01-27 17:34:39 · 19 answers · asked by This Virus Called Language 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Depends on what you consider brainwashing. Many on Y!A have described brainwashing as telling others your views. If this is brainwashing almost everyone is guilty.
That said, I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses. We know that ALL humans are given minds and free will. It is not man's to try to remove. Any who wish to know of Jehovah must TRULY want to. It is not something that can be drilled into someone, and even if it could, Jehovah would never want someone to serve him because they have no other choice.
And we do not believe in Brain Dirtying either:)
2007-01-27 17:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well pointing to all Christians as being brainwashed really helps justify lack of belief and faith for some people. Face it - being an honest and sincere, faithful believer takes time, effort, committment, personal change, recognition of personal flaws & faults and focus on repenting and changing to become better and more christlike. I think it's just spiritually FAR easier and more simple to just DENY GOD and live a carefree, non-spiritually structured life. Of course I don't deny that some really hyper extreme people ARE fanatical and have forced or manipulated, guilted and even brain washed some of their children - but I think it is a minor percentage who do this.... unless you go by all the atheists on THIS site of course! ; )
2016-05-24 07:54:22 · answer #2 · answered by Beth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I believe in brainwashing. I was going to say that everyone has a chance at somepoint to hear gods words. And that they would have rejected him at that point. And, for anyone else, we just have to hope that god has mercy on them.
Then I remembered the story of Noah, and Sodom and Gomorrah, and I am sure that there were people there that were just brought up wrong. God, however showed them no mercy. Because they were lost. God may have showed mercy on the rest of the world by destroying them. That way they did not pollute everyone.I guess some people are just born blessed and lucky, and others have to hope that they find their way somehow to Christ. This is a good question.
2007-01-27 17:49:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
To hang onto any false premise, in this case, the one that states there is a 'god', one must be blind to all factual evidence that calls the premise into question. The arguments,over time, as more and more contrary evidence emerges, become more creatively absurd and irrational. The denial of the validity of something as well proven as brainwashing is only one of hundreds of ways christians are embarrassing themselves with their ignorance.
2007-01-27 17:51:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Brainwash: to impose a set of usually political or religious beliefs on somebody by the use of various coercive methods of indoctrination, including destruction of the victim’s prior beliefs OR
to induce somebody to believe or do something, for example, to buy a new product, especially by constant repetition or advertising.
If one can be brainwashed, is it possible to "condition" them again, or do you believe it to be a permanent condition?
2007-01-27 17:40:21 · answer #5 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Eh...no one knows who is going to hell or if hell even exisits. It's a belief, not written in stone or a fact. If someone tells you you're going to hell, get away from them. It's that easy.
2007-01-27 17:47:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think, but I could be wrong, that Christians believe in Jesus.
And it's funny that they would reject the notion of brainwashing because many of them are brainwashed.
2007-01-27 17:43:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Of course they do. That's what converting is. Christians who seek converts often resort to persistence. I have been followed by quite a few, and they are pleasant and act all nice until you say something that contradicts their faith, and then they lash out at you and try to make you afraid.
2007-01-27 17:41:34 · answer #8 · answered by Nick S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At the end of life, you're just waiting for the boarding on plane bound for heaven.Final call from the god while you are sleeping to miss it. Are you going to hell ? I don't think so. because you'll be on the waiting list for next plane.
2007-02-03 04:30:03 · answer #9 · answered by airreformer 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
God will reveal the truth and if they accept the truth, then they might or might not be allowed into heaven depending how they lived their life and what is in their heart.
2007-01-27 17:40:48 · answer #10 · answered by 2007 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋