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Originally Posted by flamey_mcflame
I think sometimes people truly forget the power of authority when it comes to shaping one's mind. Smart rational and critical thinkers can be influenced into believe and doing extraordinary things. See Germany 1939-1944 for the power of authority.
Also, don't forget the strong need for people to feel like they are special. Everybody wants their life to have a meaning or purpose. They want to believe the their actions on Earth have an end consequence. Bad people should be punished, good people should be rewarded. Unfortunately, that does not work in the animal kingdom. Nature rewards whatever creature adapts best its environs. Good or bad.
Lastly, of course, indoctrination has a huge impact on how we process the world. It isn't a coincidence that most people born in Canada and the U.S. tend to believe in Christianity, most people born in Iraq believe in Islam, and most people born in India believe in Hinduism and Sikhism, etc. People are shaped and conditioned from the day they were born to believe in certain "truths".Almost all religions were formed for control and power, prior to the rule of law. This indoctrination at an early age helps to establish and maintain the power of the church and religion in the mindset of an individual.
Personally, I dont get the whole spiritual and religious aspect when you have science, nature, biology and genetics that contradicts almost all conventional and mainstream religious story-telling. I'll live my life ethically and let facts and testable theories dictate my understanding of the universe.
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I agree indoctrination as children is a huge part of our lives and how we look at everything including religion. Some of us are unknowing victims of this and others know and get angry. For those who don't see this, if or when this peace or love or vibration or god enters their life, they dismiss it as it doesn't fit the preconceived notions of what god is. The ones who become angry miss it also as their anger blinds them.One way I look at my god is freedom from these indoctrinations. Freedom to be in the moment and it doesn't have much to do with right or wrong, good or bad, crime and punishment, kindness and reward. Besides these ideas being used for power they are also used to keep order in our society and that's mostly what the Bible is about, not about god.
Everybody desires real peace and real freedom not the peace or freedom that's brought to you, but the peace that is inside. This is the reality.