(May 24, 2013 at 11:35 am)ideologue08 Wrote:(May 24, 2013 at 11:30 am)pocaracas Wrote: Most, if not all, atheists will tell you that they came to their current position by themselves.Coming to a position "by yourself" and having "no teaching required" are mutually exclusive events, they are not the same thing. A person can still come to a decision by themselves with teaching, or can come to a decision by themselves without teaching. By "no teaching", I'm referring to no forms of verbal or written communication, which I very much doubt is possible in the developed world in the 21st century. It's just not true I'm afraid.
No teaching required.
At least, get your facts straight.
You need to brush up on the meaning of "mutually exclusive events", but whatever...
Regardless of any teaching either way, atheists get there by themselves.... i.e. no indoctrination, as opposed to religions, where indoctrination rules.