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Originally Posted by Fuzz
It could be reasonably argued all Catholics(and most other religions) are indoctrinated dupes living a sham. No need to single out Indigenous peoples. People may not like to hear that, and it's looked down upon to say that, but sometimes the honest truth needs to be spoken. The essential tenants of Catholic faith are obviously and provably false, such as Adam being the first man.
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All sorts of things people believe are demonstrably false. The point is it doesn’t take coercion or indoctrination for people to embrace appealing fictions. Humans have psychological needs, and given its ubiquity in every culture in history, it seems obvious that religion addresses many of those needs.
I’d go into the host of emotionally appealing but empirically unsubstantiated beliefs held by people today who don’t consider themselves religious, but that would be derailing. I will say that all of the expressions of shame, acts of collective atonement, and symbols of support Canadians are making over residential schools are unlikely to make any tangible difference in outcomes for indigenous peoples, and instead serve a social function that is religious in all but name.