RE: Christianity almost impossible without indoctrination
February 15, 2014 at 12:30 pm
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2014 at 12:32 pm by Whateverist.)
(February 14, 2014 at 9:58 am)FreeTony Wrote: Atheists tend to be those that didn't get brought up with religious parents, but there are some who were Christians and now lack belief.
Christians have all been brought up by religious parents and/or school indocrination. There are none that were brought up without any indocrination.
While I agree that the pattern you notice describes the greatest number of Muricans there is a small subset of Christians you may be overlooking. It seems that there is a small subset of folks who escape strong indoctrination at their parents hands but then get themselves into so much trouble that they will latch onto anything that floats to save their hides (but call it their soul). These will be people who lack the wit and imagination to make good choices in the first place. When they get miserable enough, having developed nothing of value in themselves, they very willingly surrender everything to God. Of course they didn't have much to surrender anyhow.
This minority of Christians will become the most vocal of missionaries and be the ones we hear from the most often at a site like this. Drich is a good example. They assume every non-Christian is as empty and miserable as they had been without God. But then what alternative do they really have? It would take someone of more character than these poor bastards have to recognize that plenty of others are able to develop a strong center and a happy life without buying into any god bullshit.
