(February 13, 2019 at 11:31 am)Drich Wrote:(February 11, 2019 at 4:19 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Any religion can lay equal claim to "because the gods fulfill their promises in this life and the next". I've never heard anything quite as vapid as that when it comes to describing a cultural phenomena.
you are making my point for me..
the distinction you have not arrived to yet is the nature of the promise/what was promised. then all one need do is take a step back to examine if said promises could be filled by nature society or any other controllable influence.
(February 11, 2019 at 9:38 pm)Mechaghostman2 Wrote: People like brainwashing their children at a young age, and they do the same, and they do the same, and so on and so fourth. Instead of teaching their children how to think for themselves, they just teach them what to think. What kind of thinking is right, and what kind of thinking is wrong. I'm glad I escaped it, but it wasn't easy. Stepping away from religion felt like a really bad breakup with someone I loved. There was a lot of guilt associated with it.
do you really think this "brain washing" stops at religion?
No, the brainwashing also involves politics and other various things.
