RE: Question For Fellow Atheists...
January 10, 2017 at 9:40 am
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2017 at 9:41 am by robvalue.)
Religious people are deluded, yes. But it's a set of very organized delusions that have been nurtured for a very long time. The power of indoctrination is astonishing, and it takes a strong mind to break out of it. Most people won't even see that there's anything to break out of. Their brain has been altered.
So they do indeed sound like crazy people. But they're not, on the whole, crazy. They are victims of psychological programming, mostly. That's not their fault.
I find indoctrination repulsive and I try to encourage theists not to do it with their own children, and to instead allow them to decide what to believe for themselves. It does seem that people are tending towards a more liberal approach in this regard.
So they do indeed sound like crazy people. But they're not, on the whole, crazy. They are victims of psychological programming, mostly. That's not their fault.
I find indoctrination repulsive and I try to encourage theists not to do it with their own children, and to instead allow them to decide what to believe for themselves. It does seem that people are tending towards a more liberal approach in this regard.
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