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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:55 pm
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In the video featured in this post, the narrator laments how the "main character" should introduce the little girl playing in the street (God knows why she's playing in the street, anyway) to Jesus. Problem: Would the little girl comprehend him? If she was very, very young would she comprehend what he was telling her about the afterlife and "accept Jesus"? If she didn't understand, would she still go to hell? This brings me to my topic of discussion, i.e. my title. Do children really understand religion? Do kids really get what Sunday School and the like are telling them, or is it just brainwashing?
When I was young, the total of 4 or 5 times I attended sunday school I don't think I got the message, seeing as I don't remember what they taught me nor did it impact me in anyway. I do recall, however, that they gave out free stuff.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:01 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:29 am
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:11 am
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:38 am
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:24 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:21 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:20 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:33 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:36 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:46 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:11 am
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KuroFur XWraith_LordX Been meaning to post here for a few days now.... xp No, I don't think they get it at all. They're not even capable of doing so. Teaching them a religon as the only path and as the absolute truth pretty much amounts to brainwashing even though the parents don't think of it as such. Kids just latch on to what their parents and respected figures tell them, it's in their nature. I think they're taught early so that they learn not to question things, because once you start to do that, you'll realize that it doesn't make as much sense as you once thought. I don't know about that last part. Though I've had limited church expierence, no one I've ever met has given any implication of trying to "brainwash" me. Even when I was one of the only atheists at a week-long church camp. It just seems... idealized to declare that they're trying to brainwash. Romanticizing it. I'd just say they're trying to "save" rather than deliberately march a child off to church with the intent of ramming the message of Jesus into their head so that they'll have another minion in the future. They believe that Jesus has saved them. They want the child to be saved as well. This brings the concept of "them" as an entity. Much like "Everyone". Well no I didn't mean they do it on purpose and think of it as brainwashing, they certainly don't set out with that intention while cackling evily in their basements, but sometimes it just sort of amounts to having some of the effects as brainwashing.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:09 am
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XWraith_LordX KuroFur XWraith_LordX Been meaning to post here for a few days now.... xp No, I don't think they get it at all. They're not even capable of doing so. Teaching them a religon as the only path and as the absolute truth pretty much amounts to brainwashing even though the parents don't think of it as such. Kids just latch on to what their parents and respected figures tell them, it's in their nature. I think they're taught early so that they learn not to question things, because once you start to do that, you'll realize that it doesn't make as much sense as you once thought. I don't know about that last part. Though I've had limited church expierence, no one I've ever met has given any implication of trying to "brainwash" me. Even when I was one of the only atheists at a week-long church camp. It just seems... idealized to declare that they're trying to brainwash. Romanticizing it. I'd just say they're trying to "save" rather than deliberately march a child off to church with the intent of ramming the message of Jesus into their head so that they'll have another minion in the future. They believe that Jesus has saved them. They want the child to be saved as well. This brings the concept of "them" as an entity. Much like "Everyone". Well no I didn't mean they do it on purpose and think of it as brainwashing, they certainly don't set out with that intention while cackling evily in their basements, but sometimes it just sort of amounts to having some of the effects as brainwashing. All right, that works. Just saying we all (myself included) have a tendencey to paint these people as the purest evil, when your average Christian isn't usually out to take over the world.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:09 pm
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KuroFur XWraith_LordX KuroFur XWraith_LordX Been meaning to post here for a few days now.... xp No, I don't think they get it at all. They're not even capable of doing so. Teaching them a religon as the only path and as the absolute truth pretty much amounts to brainwashing even though the parents don't think of it as such. Kids just latch on to what their parents and respected figures tell them, it's in their nature. I think they're taught early so that they learn not to question things, because once you start to do that, you'll realize that it doesn't make as much sense as you once thought. I don't know about that last part. Though I've had limited church expierence, no one I've ever met has given any implication of trying to "brainwash" me. Even when I was one of the only atheists at a week-long church camp. It just seems... idealized to declare that they're trying to brainwash. Romanticizing it. I'd just say they're trying to "save" rather than deliberately march a child off to church with the intent of ramming the message of Jesus into their head so that they'll have another minion in the future. They believe that Jesus has saved them. They want the child to be saved as well. This brings the concept of "them" as an entity. Much like "Everyone". Well no I didn't mean they do it on purpose and think of it as brainwashing, they certainly don't set out with that intention while cackling evily in their basements, but sometimes it just sort of amounts to having some of the effects as brainwashing. All right, that works. Just saying we all (myself included) have a tendencey to paint these people as the purest evil, when your average Christian isn't usually out to take over the world. Of course the parents believe what they are teaching their children and see it not as indoctrination, but telling them the truth. I think even when children are young they do understand it, at a very rudimentary level and once they grow older they understand it more fully. They are far more likely to simply accept it as the truth instead of questioning it since it is reinforced by their parents, church and the general community at large. It is not common for children to not accept what they are taught, though some do not accept the stories. Only when they are older will they see the inconsistencies of the bible, and then some will have a very difficult time losing faith because it is so ingrained in their psyche.
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