Do you ever feel that even though you may consider yourself an atheist, deist, or anything non-christian, that there is still an element of brainwash--or to put it more lightly pre-indoctrination, that defines your behavior and beliefs?
2007-12-07 02:48:09 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When you first convert to another religion from Christianity, some of the brainwashing remains with you for some time. After a lifetime of programming, it does take awhile to de-program. Once you are into the study of your new religion, it becomes easier and easier to get over the dogma and live a normal life. After many years now, I can tell you I've never felt more free or happier than I am today.
Christia, save it...your little quotes prove nothing except that brainwashing is still alive.
Lion of Judah...THAT'S NOT PROOF! That's simply a little quote from a little book. Here ya go: "We're off to see the wizard -- the wonderful wizard of Oz." See, that's PROOF that the wizard can get you some brains.
2007-12-07 02:53:57 · answer #1 · answered by wiccanhpp 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so.
Being raised Christian has made me so anti-christian sometimes it depresses me. I can't help but laugh and scorn my Christian friends' beliefs. It's really horrible.
Christianity just doesn't make sense. It's too much of a fairytale to me. Good for kids, but I've grown out of it.
I have more ease believing Harry Potter is real. (If so, come and visit me, any time :D)
I still have the basic moral code of Christianity (which is evident in all mainstream religions) and that is 'Love Thy Neighbour' and I find it to be quite a good one.
I just can't stand the bigotry, the judgement and all the other crap that goes on in Churches. In all religions, I'm sure.
So I still have some of it in me. Just not all the crap that does with it. (Sometimes, I feel have predujuced thoughts, but I put them away. Always ridiculous. Always judgemental)
2007-12-07 02:57:47 · answer #2 · answered by q 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, I am still against killing, taking things from my neighbor, etc, so I guess I'd have to say yes.
And I do enjoy the social and family aspects of Christmas, though I don't do anything you might call religious then. Most of my family is still religious, some of them very much so. I just shrug and tolerate it. I'm not going to change their attitudes and beliefs any more than they will change mine. Why tilt at that windmill?
One other thing, though - I really like some of the Christmas music. Some of them are very beautiful songs. It doesn't mean I still believe somehow, though, any more than listening to "The Ride of the Valkyries" means I'm ready to haul the dead off to Valhalla.
2007-12-07 03:01:06 · answer #3 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Defines? No. But I do catch myself randomly examing WHY I do something that seems to be Christian based. Sometimes it is, sometimes it's just who I am. I don't deny my Christian roots, I still have a crucifix over my door to remind me of my ancestors who were Christian. But nah, I bought out of that deal a LONG time ago and don't regret it in the least. I'm happy with my current religion.
2007-12-07 05:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes i've had that problem, but it's a result of your culture. I believe The Bible may be taken much more seriously than meant...I believe in God. Sorry, but it's my choice, not anybody elses. I have a problem with religiosity and persecution from Xtians. My childhood was filled with fear of the Devil and Hell and sex. Like somehow that helps you to fear. I don't anymore. But it took me years to finally come to terms with the cultural brainwash. Go to another country and you'll find they aren't the same as you. I have a problem with going to 3rd world countries Americans force their way into their countries to convert them. Sure they may be under violent dictatorship but you got people murdered for converting to your religion. No different. Indonesia, Darfur etc.... And I don't care if you disagree.
2007-12-07 02:57:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes... i feel like, since i was raised to be a christian, everything i do is dictated by what i believed, what my family taught me, and what our society has accepted as the norm in terms of religion. whats even worse is that Christians look at me and think that i'm the outcast.. but it goes against Christianity to treat people as such. i find myself saying things and doing things that i was taught in church..
but also think about this- christianity is a man-made idea. men made the rules, wrote the book, speak in the churches.. it's all man's interpretation. so if you find yourself thinking religiously, doing something that seems Christian, a lot of it is natural, but men have branded it Christian. Some Christian beliefs even come from the pagans.
2007-12-07 02:57:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
There was for years, and it's taking a great deal of discipline and meditation to overcome that. For a time, I did everything contrary to what the indoctrination would have had me doing, but I realized even that was giving it more power than it deserved. So, eventually I purged as much of that as possible to attain peace with the indoctrination that I was subjected to and the person I have become.
2007-12-07 02:52:38 · answer #7 · answered by ibushido 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
a million. In northern u . s . a . (Border of canada) 2. sure and no. My relations believed in God yet were not dedicated Christians. 3. i'm better on the liberal area. at the same time as I accept as true with some conservative stances like professional-existence I agree customarily with liberal stances on issues starting from people rights, economic perspectives, and freedom of speech/faith/and so on. 4-5. ok. not basically have I examine the bible yet I fairly have studied its historic previous, origins, language and larger. 6. i believe sex is a few thing that could want to need to be waited upon till marriage. even if i comprehend that that's amazingly demanding to position in practice, and for this reason I help the training of 'secure sex' over abstinence in faculties. everybody is going to have pre-marital sex both way, so lets besides coach them the thanks to a minimum of be secure. 7. both. i believe that God created the international even if the biblical creation tale does not provide a lot element on the way it got here about. even with instantly ahead believe the bible does not say that on a daily basis of creation became a 24/hr era. The Hebrew wording used might want to in the different case be translated to point a 'era of time' fairly than '24/hrs' (meaning one 'day' of creation might want to were tens of millions of years). The bible also would not clarify how God created the plant life or animals, merely that he created them. Who says his technique couldn't were evolution? 8. at the same time as i became a teenager. I initially went by way of 'atheist' section like many teenage Christians do. We get to the age in which we can imagine for ourselves and commence to question our beliefs. even if at the same time we do not search for solutions to our questions and merely anticipate we are incorrect. hence many people bypass 'atheist' a minimum of for a short at the same time as till we comprehend that there fairly IS solutions. 9. No not in any respect.
2016-10-26 13:40:31 · answer #8 · answered by carmack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not anymore. It did, however, take me a very long time to really, truly accept that Satan doesn't actually exist, there isn't really a hell, and being Wiccan doesn't mean I'm possessed by demons. I started on the path towards Wicca years before I was able to say, "I'm Wiccan" and not fear eternal damnation. So initially, there very much was, but not now.
Blessed Yule!
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2007-12-07 02:53:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
There is an element of indoctrination in any belief.
2007-12-07 02:52:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋