(April 28, 2015 at 12:07 pm)alpha male Wrote: Aside from trance stimulation, which I've never seen in a church, you've pretty much described a public school.
Never seen in a church? Never sung hymns with the congregation?
The difference being a public school is for children with the purpose of education and church is for adults with the purpose of belonging to a group
(April 28, 2015 at 12:04 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: Regular, mandatory attendance,
True, and necessary to complete an education cycle
(April 28, 2015 at 12:04 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: big fancy buildings,
I don't know what school you went to, but I'd be willing to bet most aren't fancy
(April 28, 2015 at 12:04 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: repetitive drills and condemning people who don't conform,
It's not so much condemning as discipline, which is necessary with children, because how else would you organise it?
In the catholic church, unlike in public schools, the rituals have no practical purpose
(April 28, 2015 at 12:04 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: guilt trips,
Where are the guilt trips in school? How do they compare to the guilt instilled by, say, the catholic church?
(April 28, 2015 at 12:04 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: basing an individual's self-worth on obedience to the gorup and following of the doctrine,
No doctrine in public schools, and that's not what they taught me about self-worth in there
(April 28, 2015 at 12:04 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: asking for public donations (sometimes even going as far as reading the list of those who donated so that those who didn't are known and shunned)
Never seen this in a public school
