That, word for word, was my reaction.
Then, please explain the "bad things" I've done?
That, word for word, was my reaction.
You realise you actively defeat all your arguments about theists simply by being yourself?
Indoctrination overrules the choices one makes.
You realise you actively defeat all your arguments about theists simply by being yourself?
You give atheists a bad name.
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I hate to interrupt, but we were talking about you.
Its more to do with your character and disposition than your ideologyWhat bad things do you refer? Would that be my disgust for your cult? How is that a bad thing, LG?
Its more to do with your character and disposition than your ideology
You know nothing of either my character or disposition.
You don't get it, do you?Which ideology is that, LG?
if the indoctrination programs currently in place continued, sure. We are bombarded with lies and distortions from birth. Further, in the current state of things you would need a totalitarian, one world government to force that scenario on us. They would need a powerful military to create and enforce this. There would be violence in this process.well..think of it like this..what if..money/land/power/resource were divided up evenly so no one person would have more than the other...hate would still exist..
This implies that religion is the sole cause of hate. Is that your position?That's because religion still exists.
Q....Would you please explain how indoctrination overides free will?
This implies that religion is the sole cause of hate. Is that your position?
No, it was a reasonable question. If one believes in free will, iow our actions are not completely determined by past events, you would need to show how one childhood, for example, leaves one free from being completely determined, and another, religious in this case, leads to adults who no longer have free will. This would be an interesting philosophical task and is probably better suited to that forum.Do you need someone to explain indoctrination to you?
Actually it implied more than that, but now I understand what you meant.No. It implies that religion is a primary driver of hatred throughout the ages.