Evolution

[Aegrus]

The irony is that religions out there with different tenets to the mass consumed secularist "mainstream" can shatter these brainwashing elements and help people to think for themselves.

I am dying to hear examples of this considering most of the major religions don't teach how to think, they tell you what to think.

Ok here is a scenario a child goes to a state school the fascist teacher there teaches in a biased and indoctrinating way. The child then comes across a Christian that starts preaching as they do, info counter to the facsist, ok the child becomes confused then meets a Muslim who says the Christian and the facsist have got it all wrong and Islam is perfect, as they do. The child becomes totally confused with all this and realizes he has to think for himself.

Since people are usually indoctrinated into their religion from birth, this would more accurately read:

A child goes to church, the fascist christian teaches in a biased and indoctrinating way. The child goes to school after around 6 years, info counter to the fascist, ok the child becomes confused then meets a Muslim who says the fascist and the teacher have it all wrong and Islam is perfect. . .

You see my point. Your argument is better suited as an argument FOR atheism than for religion, since it is religion that has the child first, and would keep the child blind forever if it could.

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Atheism, secularism, are the eye-opening multiple points of view. We aim to teach people things- to explore the world around them. Religion is just dogma.