I think this is a case of redefining a word to your own liking and applying it to your own liking. According to Dictionary.com
in·doc·tri·nate
1. to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
2. to teach or inculcate.
3. to imbue with learning.
So why can't this apply to anything an atheist or anyone else teaches their children? For example, isn't teaching children that the scientific method is the only rational way to discover truth instructing them in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view? The fact is that even the most well meaning person has their biases which are sure to come through when dealing with other people and/or teaching their children.
This from wikipedia:
Instruction in the basic principles of science, in particular, can not properly be called indoctrination, in the sense that the fundamental principles of science call for critical self-evaluation and skeptical scrutiny of one's own ideas, a stance outside any doctrine.
the full article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoctrination
If you cant see the difference between science and myth then there really is no helping you.
in·doc·tri·nate
1. to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
2. to teach or inculcate.
3. to imbue with learning.
So why can't this apply to anything an atheist or anyone else teaches their children? For example, isn't teaching children that the scientific method is the only rational way to discover truth instructing them in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view? The fact is that even the most well meaning person has their biases which are sure to come through when dealing with other people and/or teaching their children.
This from wikipedia:
Instruction in the basic principles of science, in particular, can not properly be called indoctrination, in the sense that the fundamental principles of science call for critical self-evaluation and skeptical scrutiny of one's own ideas, a stance outside any doctrine.
the full article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoctrination
If you cant see the difference between science and myth then there really is no helping you.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
