Are religious people/Christians brainwashed?

Question

Parents with faith= children with faith
Parents without faith=children without

I believe Christianity is merely handed down from parents to offspring..brainwashing if you like.
After all..where is the proof
Jesus was just a special man..like Mother Theresa or Noel Edmonds!..no better no worse.

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Answer 1

yes, I believe they are

Answer 2

And your appreciations on Jesus you made it this morning with the coffee, had you been in Lourdes, Fatima or Betania where people stand up from Wheel chairs and get cure from Aids with the miracles of Jesus TODAY, anyway, this SPECIAL man bought you freedom, democracy, justice,Monogamy and the modern concept of family to the world you live today, so is much more that you are telling, and yes parents with faith is equal many times to children with faith so at least they know that to have 50 years old and being selfish about your mobile in the local pub is very stupid for your age, so a bit of faith will be a plus to the current British.
97, 3 % of Christians we understand that Bible is a great book, not the word of God, that the Vatican does a great job of unifying views, not a perfect job, and there are much more in God's world that other human being can tell, we believe in reincarnation, astrology, witchcraft and we are still very Christians indeed, not because we don't have our religion in high regard of not, is because we are much more liberals and with less complexes than other religions.

Answer 3

Yep. Washed clean in the Blood of the Lamb of God.

But you are confused. God has no grandchildren. Many who follow God have children who don't, and vice versa. Remember, Madeline Murray Ohair's son became a strong Christian. Your 'theory' is all wet.

Jesus was far more than a Mother Theresa or a Noel Edmonds. Neither of them rose from the dead! The Roman documentation on the events surrounding the death of Jesus STILL exists, in the Vatican archives. You cannot deny historical fact.

Answer 4

I disagree with you in part. I came from a religious family and found my christian faith outside of what my own parents believe. I don't like the term religious for a number of reasons.

I believe in God in the Christian faith. (Trinity) I think with each and every person that you meet will have very different experiences.

I have met believers in christianity to come from various back grounds. I have also met people whom were brought up in the christian faith that have left it.

There are some people whom come from christian families who may grow up in that enviroment but they still have to make a choice to believe in God even though they are raised that way.

Same thing with people that come from any other sort of back ground that may not have been raised as christians.

I know some one who's parents met in the church and they aren't even christians. They became a christian as a child and they aren't really one now. They have a sibling that works for a church.

I once met a minister and his family and he was raised in a christian family. He on the other hand was an atheist. He married a christian girl and she waited several years before all her children and finally he became a christian.

It varies from person to person. Not all situations are a like. Maybe some people will find some things in common with each other?

I also believe that we will all see things differently mainly because of the people whom we have come in contact with over time. So every response you get from people will have experienced things differently or maybe not?

Answer 5

Your first equation doesn't pan out because many children grow up to leave the church and leave the faith. Also, there are many raised without, who find God. It may seem logical, but in reality it doesn't always work that way.

When you say Jesus was a special man...think about that. A "special man" who claimed to be God. Who performed miracles, who said "no one comes to the father but by me." If he is not God, then he is crazy or a liar. If he is either of those, then he is certainly not special. And if he is just a man, then he's a bad man. If that is true, then thousands have died in vain for a man who lies.

No, he is the Son of God. Sent to save us from self-destruction. He is pure love, innocent and perfect, and the sacrifice for our sins.

Answer 6

That would be a generalisation, but certainly some extreme cases do seem to be impervious to logic and reason, or even to very obvious evidence against their beliefs. When their world is faith-based, no amount of rational argument can penetrate, so the effect can seem like talking to someone who has been brain-washed.
And of course some religions do indeed use techniques very close to brainwashing!

Answer 7

no longer all are extraordinary. some are very conservative (dedicate, strict) and continual. while you have the others that basically randomly bypass to church or place of worship and not as into it. Its additionally the upbringing of the persons, i understand a guy who's mom exchange right into a Jehovah's Witness she could make him bypass door to door (he hated doing it). human beings do it to delight there mothers and fathers, families or leaders of there congregation. do exactly no longer answer the door, that's what I do. They advise properly yet now and lower back I do exactly no longer elect to be stressful after an prolonged day at artwork.

Answer 8

Doesn't really work in my family's case, my Dad's parents are non-religious, Dad was an atheist until mid-way through his maths degree, now he's a Church of England vicar.

Neither Mum or Dad never tried to teach me about their faith until I asked them about it. I made my own choice to become a Christian, just like my three brothers.

Answer 9

I don't think so. My parents didn't go to church and I'm a christian. What are you looking for proof of? Jesus' existance then check out this website:
http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/historical-and-scientific-proof-of-jesus-faq.htm

Creation? Try this website:
http://www.remnantofgod.org/creation.htm

The idea that God does not exist and that we all evolved this way take a lot more faith than a belief in God.

Answer 10

halo-

i grew up with a mother that was a "wanna-be" catholic, and we (my siblings and I) were sent to church. i enjoyed it very much for a while from the age of 7 - 14. at 14 i began to see what my church was all about. who had more money, who wore better clothes, success, blah-dee-blah. it was fake to me, even at 14. i quit, and at certain times in my life ("why me, lord?" times) have missed it. i believe it is comforting to some if they have something to believe in. i believe in God (respect) and all of the "special" people that came our way, Jesus, Buddha, etc. I still live by the words, love thy neighbor.... do unto others..... Everything usually starts in the home and when we reach a certain point in our life, for me 14, we begin to see things for what they really are -to US. if you don't grow up with it, there will be some other influence that comes along and it is always put to you as, "something's missing from your life - it must be God." it is for each to decide. i have been called a "freak" and "evil" because of this thinking - by christians, no less. oh, well...you can't please them all.

Answer 11

Your argument is biased, there are many children who grow up and convert to the faith.We"re not brainwashed, we believe in something we have evidence of =The Church, the Bible, the authority of the pope. You believe in so=called science, which is a bunch of hogwash =maybe you"re the ones that are being brainwashed by your pinko intellectuals