RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 17, 2022 at 8:45 am
(This post was last modified: April 17, 2022 at 8:46 am by Belacqua.)
(April 17, 2022 at 8:23 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: It's important to teach children the things they need to know, but it is just as importent to teach them to question the things they are taught
Abaris is right, though, that education happens all the time, often in unintentional ways. Kids soak up a lot.
If a kid asks you what kind of flower this is, you just say what it is. You don't say "It's a tulip but you should keep in mind that I may be wrong." You just say what you think is true.
They learn pretty quickly that people can be wrong. I knew a little girl who asked her mom "where did I come from?" and her mom said "from inside my tummy" and the little girl said, "Yeah, I don't think so."
If people sincerely believe that their religion is true, then they just tell their kids what they think is true. If the kids later on hear good reasons to doubt, then they'll doubt.
