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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I don't know, did she choose that religion on her own once she was able to make that choice, or was she put into it without choice from a young age? Being indoctrinated doesn't mean you can't make free choice later, but it absolutely influences your decisions. For instance, how many Muslim or Hindu Indigenous people do you know? Why so few?
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Is anyone arguing a lot Indigenous folks weren't indoctrinated? That was the whole point of residential schools. Assimilate them into white European culture and Christianity. It was grotesque.
Your (an others) argument is that you'd boldly tell these people that the religion they follow currently was forced down the throats of their ancestors, and therefore they should leave this religion immediately. Also, the institution itself that they follow is responsible for untold evil from ancient history until now.
Unless this group that was indoctrinated or descended from indoctrinated ancestors realize this on their own, you won't change their mind. And isn't trying to do so the same as trying to convert them? Which is part of the vicious circle?