Found this article on overcoming indoctrination from the Atheist Foundation of Australia:
http://atheistfoundation.org.au/article/...ds-sanity/
There are three more steps described for a total of six. It seems that their first step is dependent on self-reflection in order to come to the realization that indoctrination has taken place, but if one is indoctrinated, how does one's mind open up to the possibility that indoctrination has taken place at all? It seems that doxastic closure must first be overcome before such recognition can occur, but the religious can be very good at rationalizing away things which create cognitive dissonance...
Alas, no answers yet...
And, oops, found a typo in the last sentence of the OP; it should read: "How do you think one realizes that indoctrination has taken place when one has been indoctrinated?"
http://atheistfoundation.org.au/article/...ds-sanity/
Quote:First, one must become acquainted with and become used to the correct terminology pertaining to religious indoctrination. Even though the religious are quick to point out that others have been brainwashed (such as communists, other religious adherents and even Atheists), it is they who have succumbed to this process.
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Second, after recognising one has been abused and brainwashed against their will and without their knowledge, if escape is required, then effort to combat this negative outlook must be more intense and prolonged than the unwanted religious input.
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Third, take a proper look at Earth. 50,000 Iranians have been recently killed by earthquake, 3,000 many-denominational people died in the Twin Towers, 6 million Jewish people died in the Holocaust etc etc. Where were their respective gods? They were remarkably silent as they have been throughout history in humanity’s darkest hours.
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There are three more steps described for a total of six. It seems that their first step is dependent on self-reflection in order to come to the realization that indoctrination has taken place, but if one is indoctrinated, how does one's mind open up to the possibility that indoctrination has taken place at all? It seems that doxastic closure must first be overcome before such recognition can occur, but the religious can be very good at rationalizing away things which create cognitive dissonance...
Alas, no answers yet...
And, oops, found a typo in the last sentence of the OP; it should read: "How do you think one realizes that indoctrination has taken place when one has been indoctrinated?"
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.