(January 20, 2015 at 8:10 am)robvalue Wrote: Step 1: Learn critical thinking (if necessary)
Step 2: Use critical thinking on religion
Step 3: Welcome to atheism!
The biggest problem is that hard core indoctrinated religious adults are completely unable to do this on a wide scale. That's why things like sunday school exist. Religions realized millennia or more ago what Hitler realized in Germany in the 40's is to get em young.
The only way to do it is give forming minds ALL the options (including all religions equal with atheism). Give them all options. If someone wants to be religious that's their choice. So long as they are not indoctrinated as 98% of religious people are these days. If complete exposure without pressure and education is combined that's when you see the die out of religious beliefs. To an extent it is seen already in Scandinavia, albeit still with still lots of family support indoctrination skewing the numbers.
“Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
