Atheists are keen on that word "indoctrinate" aren't they? If teenagers don't want to share their parents belief, they are entirely capable of rebelling against them, in case you hadn't noticed.
I think it is just the religious that dont like the word, so just a point of view isnt it. I should be more clear, I am referring to children and specifically young children, before they have matured enough to rebel and consciously question their world, so for arguments sake lets say under 13. Trying to teach a teenager is fine, they will be able to rebel like you quite rightly pointed out.
Teaching them about the Christian faith only ensures that they know what they are rejecting, if they do reject it, and it saves them from coming up with the kind of crude caricatures we so often hear from atheists
Yes that is fine if you are implying you are teaching alternatives. Like I keep saying, teaching is fine as long as they have the choice to explore other ideas and are free to be critical. Indoctrination refers to the examples where they dont have that freedom. I do not know what caricatures you refer to, please give an example. Although I cant help sensing a bit of hostility in the way you generalise atheists, so maybe you would be able to correct any mistakes if you were less hostile to questions? I mean that in the least offensive way possible.
I think it is just the religious that dont like the word, so just a point of view isnt it. I should be more clear, I am referring to children and specifically young children, before they have matured enough to rebel and consciously question their world, so for arguments sake lets say under 13. Trying to teach a teenager is fine, they will be able to rebel like you quite rightly pointed out.
Teaching them about the Christian faith only ensures that they know what they are rejecting, if they do reject it, and it saves them from coming up with the kind of crude caricatures we so often hear from atheists
Yes that is fine if you are implying you are teaching alternatives. Like I keep saying, teaching is fine as long as they have the choice to explore other ideas and are free to be critical. Indoctrination refers to the examples where they dont have that freedom. I do not know what caricatures you refer to, please give an example. Although I cant help sensing a bit of hostility in the way you generalise atheists, so maybe you would be able to correct any mistakes if you were less hostile to questions? I mean that in the least offensive way possible.
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