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AtheistCrusader

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13. Oh I absolutely don't want the state to meddle there.

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #12)

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 04:34 PM

Nov 2014

That would be horrible. Enough people already view the state not allowing pro-religious instruction (First amendment issue for public schools) as the converse; active secular indoctrination. That alone has blowback issues.

And, it would violate the First Amendment in my opinion.

I think it might be a little late to teach skepticism for that purpose in schools, but, better than nothing, and it applies to everything we do as a society, implications far beyond religion/not religious.

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Atheist scientist claims religion will be gone in a generation. Is he right? [View all] hrmjustin Nov 2014 OP

I don't think humans okasha Nov 2014 #1

well it's an if statement el_bryanto Nov 2014 #2

Interestingly enough, okasha Nov 2014 #6

Sleight of hand going on in the headline. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #3

Can you take the indoctrination talk to another group? goldent Nov 2014 #4

I didn't do that. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #7

Here is what you said that I think is offensive goldent Nov 2014 #15

I would not equate indoctrination and child abuse. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #16

Without critical evaluation might be a bit of a sticking point el_bryanto Nov 2014 #17

Have you also noticed the disturbing trend of children reciting the Gettysburg Address. WTF? rug Nov 2014 #5

Agreed on both points. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #8

Civics can be indoctrinated, if that is the right term, as easily as religion. rug Nov 2014 #10

I would call them Nationalism, and I don't impart that AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #11

And there's a good argument against conventional patriotism, as it enables jingoism and exclusion. rug Nov 2014 #14

You read that differently than I did el_bryanto Nov 2014 #12

Oh I absolutely don't want the state to meddle there. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #13

Lol, they've been saying that for centuries. Union Scribe Nov 2014 #9