Here is a problem with the issue of parents not teaching their kids religion.
The parents truly believe in their religion.
Kids rely on what their parents teach and believe as true.
It's true parents can tell their kids, you don't have to follow the religion I follow, but if their kids would ask them, do you know it's true or do you believe it's true, the parents will reply in affirmative and the children will naturally trust their parents choice.
It's something we are pretty much hard-wired to do. We wouldn't survive if it wasn't for that.
We had to trust them from the birth, and it paid off, but eventually we grow up.
The problem is we have a heavy bias later on. That heavy bias would be there whether our parents enforce their beliefs or don't.
The heavy bias is almost inescapable because we don't realize it. We think we have overcome it. But the truth is we thought in every way to confirm our bias, and didn't think outside of that.
This is true of most people (90%), then you have the other (10%).
The scary thing is with the 10%, they range from all sorts of stances and religion. It's not that the 10% leaving the thoughts of their parents all come to one conclusion.
This tells you, even when we leave our original family bias, we are left with other factors that will lead us away from the truth.
The parents truly believe in their religion.
Kids rely on what their parents teach and believe as true.
It's true parents can tell their kids, you don't have to follow the religion I follow, but if their kids would ask them, do you know it's true or do you believe it's true, the parents will reply in affirmative and the children will naturally trust their parents choice.
It's something we are pretty much hard-wired to do. We wouldn't survive if it wasn't for that.
We had to trust them from the birth, and it paid off, but eventually we grow up.
The problem is we have a heavy bias later on. That heavy bias would be there whether our parents enforce their beliefs or don't.
The heavy bias is almost inescapable because we don't realize it. We think we have overcome it. But the truth is we thought in every way to confirm our bias, and didn't think outside of that.
This is true of most people (90%), then you have the other (10%).
The scary thing is with the 10%, they range from all sorts of stances and religion. It's not that the 10% leaving the thoughts of their parents all come to one conclusion.
This tells you, even when we leave our original family bias, we are left with other factors that will lead us away from the truth.
