Thread: Brainwash??
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Old 10-12-2003, 03:58 PM   #2
Zuvio
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Join Date: May 19, 2002
Location: Blessed are those who are not....
Age: 42
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That's just so wrong. Kids don't get to think on their own this way. I really can't stand this kind of indoctrination:

Kid: Why does it rain?
Adult: God wants it to rain!
Kid: Why does God want it to rain?
Adult: He works in mysterious ways!
Kid: How do you know that?
Adult: Stop asking all those questions and simply believe in Him!

I see this all the time. Jehova's witnesses coming to my door (lot of witnesses by the way, you sure it wasn't broadcasted on TV?) explaining to me (!) that I need Him in my life so it will all be better:

A runner wins the 100m sprints -> he thanks god for this glorious victory.
The same runner loses a 100m sprint -> why doesn't he thank god for his loss?

When a child at young age loses a parent and it asks 'Why?' and some one tells it that it was the will of god, and despite that fact the kid should still love god, tell me: what kind of a moral person are you then?

Now I know what I'm talking about because half my family is religious. I'm ok that they want to preach their believes to people, but this is simple indoctrination and it should be stopped! These things scare me...
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