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when they usually belong to the main religion of the country they live in?
2007-06-17 05:55:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
devas, give it a try. talking about easy money. shame people then ask for money as you stroke their egos. what an easy occupation! :)
2007-06-17 06:02:36 · update #1
Most people who are indoctrinated don't realize it.
2007-06-17 05:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by nosillenhoj 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
The gun is at their heads from the moment they are born. They will toe the line of the local religion without deviation.
Doesn't it strike you as strange that the only moment of explosive progress was the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, where Catholic and Protestant wars so weakened the grip of religion that people said, "Hang it all! We're going to build a secular society from now on, where people are not judged on religion and religion is not considered in our institutions." Explosive progress, inventions, democracy for all. Didn't happen in the places which were still 100% Islamic or Buddhist! And now the European Community's new constitution makes no mention of God AT ALL.
But there are those places still in the grip of religion, and remember that in the United States, George Bush Sr. said an Atheist could not be a good American citizen (just like Jews could not be good Germans and had to be "dealt with" maybe?) If you go against the local superstition, you are an evil man because all the baptisms, marriages, recognition that the teens are growing up, funerals, are in the grip of religions. In most places you can't even be buried Atheist; it's the cremation oven or nothing! We need ordinary, Atheist ceremonies for all these things, and if people are religious, they can have their own ceremony around a folding card-table later on if they want...
2007-06-17 13:03:54 · answer #2 · answered by PIERRE S 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only way religion is propagated is through teaching. There is very little chance that, through self exploration and exploration of the world around them, people would arrive at the same conclusions that those that are religious have been taught.
Science, on the other hand, is an eventuality. The more people explore the world around them, the closer they will come to conclusions that scientists have come to. Religions throughout the world have taken a shortcut toward enlightenment. Instead of trying to figure out things that are unknown, they have made up convenient stories that seem to explain everything. Unfortunately, those stories do not hold up over time and religions are much to stubborn to change their dogma to match what is now known.
2007-06-17 13:01:22 · answer #3 · answered by carmandnee 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Almost as funny as many of the evolutionists who were indoctrinated into their belief system and then pretend that they weren't.
As for me, I freely admit that I didn't come to my beliefs all on my own. But that doesn't mean I haven't questioned what I've been taught. I simply cannot believe in atheism because I cannot believe that everything that I am is merely the byproduct of molecular reactions, and, furthermore, I believe it more likely that this came from a source that also has consciousness, intelligence, love, etc. (God) than one that did not (a physicalist universe which is all there was, is, and ever will be).
2007-06-17 13:11:31 · answer #4 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most people follow what was taught to them as a child, however some do not.
I follow Taoism and am the only person in my family tree to ever do so. I follow it, not because of the majority seeking guidance factor you mentioned, but because I read the Tao Te Ching and found that it was a very sensible and enlighting tome. In short, My goals happen to run parrallel to that of Taoism and I follow it's teachings as such.
2007-06-17 12:59:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that simply because I took a ten year hiatus. Even after claiming the religion was not true, after bashing the religion and all of its followers, I came back. Of course my parents dont know, they cant stand catholics.... oh well its my life.
2007-06-17 13:00:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've thought about that, too, Kitty.
Why am I a Christian? I certainly didn't learn it from my parents...they weren't to concerned about teaching their kids religion, so that can't be it.
Am I a Christian just because I was born in America?
Well, I'm really not that much of a patriot...I don't trust my government at all.
But, thanks to all of you, my mind has been stilled on that point. I know now that America was never a Christian nation to begin with...so that can't be it.
Thank you for enlightening me.^
2007-06-17 13:15:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's sad when clergy or government indoctrinates the populace with the belief they if they question the religion or the doctrine, then they're destined for hell. It's also sad when they back up their indoctrination with guns.
2007-06-17 13:03:01 · answer #8 · answered by Appollyon 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was brought to my religious beliefs because of a experience with the Holy Ghost before this I was a Atheist.
2007-06-17 13:00:40 · answer #9 · answered by Mariah 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
95% plus are the same religion (or a close approximation to it) of their parents. Amazing that they all have the good fortune to be born into the right religion.
2007-06-17 12:58:40 · answer #10 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Im going to go make my own religion now
2007-06-17 12:59:04 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋