I've gone up and down with the sentiment that nobody really chooses religion they're just born into it, as a means of discrediting religious belief. Of course it's mostly true, but what's the alternative? Everyone is born into the world knowing nothing, and they're going to be raised to believe SOMETHING, unless their point is to just ab…
I've gone up and down with the sentiment that nobody really chooses religion they're just born into it, as a means of discrediting religious belief. Of course it's mostly true, but what's the alternative? Everyone is born into the world knowing nothing, and they're going to be raised to believe SOMETHING, unless their point is to just abdicate raising kids at all. Just let them do absolutely anything they want to.
Believing in something you were born into doesn't discredit the ideology but rather legitimizes it. An ideology is only valuable so long as it encourages healthy families that raise strong children who want to learn from and emulate their parents.
The best worldview (and thus also the truth) will be passed down from generation to generation as it spreads through the whole world and therefore MUST be taught from father to son.
Yes, and people clearly can learn to question what they were taught as kids as well. This mindset came from some kids I grew up with who thought they were so brilliant for questioning religion and embracing atheism. As if religion had always been unflinchingly accepted without question until they were born.
I've gone up and down with the sentiment that nobody really chooses religion they're just born into it, as a means of discrediting religious belief. Of course it's mostly true, but what's the alternative? Everyone is born into the world knowing nothing, and they're going to be raised to believe SOMETHING, unless their point is to just abdicate raising kids at all. Just let them do absolutely anything they want to.
Believing in something you were born into doesn't discredit the ideology but rather legitimizes it. An ideology is only valuable so long as it encourages healthy families that raise strong children who want to learn from and emulate their parents.
The best worldview (and thus also the truth) will be passed down from generation to generation as it spreads through the whole world and therefore MUST be taught from father to son.
Yes, and people clearly can learn to question what they were taught as kids as well. This mindset came from some kids I grew up with who thought they were so brilliant for questioning religion and embracing atheism. As if religion had always been unflinchingly accepted without question until they were born.