How to Tell You've Been Indoctrinated

[Whateverist]

Yep, that's what I think. I've always thought that inherited religion is fiercely defended out of loyalty to the family and community one comes from. The phrase "faith of our fathers" seems to convey this loyalty. Indoctrination toward an adult is insulting but we don't uniformly complain about every sort of indoctrination we've received. I think some of us, at some point, become skeptical toward any and all indoctrination and try to reclaim ownership of our beliefs and biases. I'm not sure how far it is possible to do this. The "me" from which you would evaluate your many influences at some point overlaps those influences. It is the classic problem of rebuilding a ship at sea. We have all already launched and we can only tear ourselves down so far without losing sea worthiness.