(June 20, 2015 at 3:03 am)Neimenovic Wrote:(June 19, 2015 at 10:35 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It does matter. You are throwing an unwarranted accusation at a whole group of people. My people. Telling someone something is not the same as brainwashing. I know you don't mean any harm, but I do feel like I need to stand up a little bit here with this comment.
telling someone something, on pain of eternal torment, and forcing them to follow is brainwashing. Yes, they are forcing children to follow.
We also send our children to school where they are forced to accept, believe and do all sorts of things. They are threatened with going to the principal's office, losing their recess, staying after school, and other forms of immediate public humiliation such as having to stand in the corner, write "I will not talk in class." on the blackboard 100 times, etc. In my day, we were even paddled by the teacher and the principal.
We do this every day all over the world, and no one gives it a second thought.
Quote:They all have the same attitude as you. 'You don't have to be here, it's your choice'. bullshit. If you don't follow, you will be ostracized.
When I reached the age of 16, my parents gave me a choice. I decided to sleep in. When my kids reached the age of 16, I gave them a choice. They chose to sleep in.
Quote:You know, I may be drawing this to attention because I hate catholicism, but I have good reasons to.
What are those reasons?
Quote:Why is telling kids about hell moral then?
What is moral about NOT telling someone the truth about a real danger?
