Of course there's childhood indoctrination to consider, but are certain families genetically predisposed to not being able to think for themselves?
What's the 12-step program for that?
2007-05-23 09:14:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not serious, obviously!
2007-05-23 09:21:00 · update #1
Wow......belief may not be a disease, but wayyyyy to many of you are born without a sense of humour.
2007-05-23 09:22:03 · update #2
It's not inherited. If it was, there would be fewer converts.
2007-05-23 09:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by S K 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well miss everything you know was indocrtrined to you when you were a child.
Go get a dictionary and look up the differance between a religion and a disease.By the way the idea that religion is a disease came from that richard dawkins guy and you are just repeating his nonsense so I guess you can't think for yourself either huh?
2007-05-23 09:49:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here we have another tolerant atheist in our midst.
Using words like "disease" and "indoctrination" to describe religion. Oh yes, how very tolerant.
And then the implication that people of faith can't think for themselves and need 12-step programs. What a tolerant, open-minded individual this person is!
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2007-05-23 09:19:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Alcoholism is not inherited per se. A correlation has been found between a particular gene and alcoholism, from which one can conclude that having that gene might make one more susceptible to alcoholism.
The same could be said of religion, and I believe there recently was found a gene with some link to religious fervor.
Our environment shapes us as much as our genes, remember. While a certain genetic makeup might make a person more prone to extreme religious observance, not having it does not make one immune from religion, nor does having it mean a person would be religious.
It's much easier to point to cultural reasons why a person has a certain religion, since people learn religion from their parents. Certain mental traits linked to genes may make it more likely that a person will be intensely devoted to a religion.
Unlike alcoholism, though, which has a negative effect clearly observable to the person with the problem, most religious nuts do not see themselves as having anything wrong with them, so getting them to go to a 12 step program would be difficult. Alcohol addiction causes anxiety and other physical symptoms in those who go into withdrawl, and alcohol has obviously deleterious effects on those who abuse it. Religion tends to dampen one's ability to observe its negative effects, and there are no known withdrawl symptoms.
2007-05-23 09:23:09 · answer #4 · answered by Minh 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Atheism is the disease, hon ;o) FYI...not all of us were born Christians...some of us discovered the TRUTH later on in life...I used to be an Atheist, but I'm better now.
I have a great sense of humor...didn't you see my joke? It's the last line in my response above...I guess it's hard to get the joke when you're still suffering from the disease.
2007-05-23 09:18:56 · answer #5 · answered by stakekawa 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There is a one step program as to asking dumb questions, you are a good candidate for that.
2007-05-23 09:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh man I could be seriously screwed.
Both parents were drunks and Baptists.
2007-05-23 10:24:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you consider belief a disease, then we're all sick, including you.
2007-05-23 09:20:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no and try acting like an adult...my mom taught me better
2007-05-23 09:19:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋