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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
I wasn't talking about Canada. Luckily we don't have the problem here.
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Most of the US doesn't either. Not sure if you weren't infering that or not, but I thought I'd reply if you were anyway. Its just a small area in the Southeast that causes a lot of problems for the rest. Its like how we have "100 Huntley Street" et al. up here, but that doesn't make this the mecca of Evangelical BS.
This indoctrination = Intellectual Rape allegation from another poster is disgusting. If that's true, telling a child not to steal or bully is intellectual rape, since it indoctrinates a child into the parents way of thinking, even if its not in the child's best interest. What would you recommend, tossing our young into the forest and letting them raise themselves?
As for a less ridiculous allegation of catholic schools = indoctrination factories... I don't see it. I was there, and frankly, became less religious as I went through. I can count on one hand the amount of people who became more religious from school. Odds are very good they had a very strong religious upbringing outside of school, and would have had this even if they went to public school. Parents teach their children what they feel is right, modern liberal christianity teaches that it is wrong to force it on anybody. (of course, this is likely a result of learning bad lessons and government influence, but thats the way it is)
You see, when you teach the faith, you also inherently teach the flaws, directly or indirectly, and those who choose to be free thinkers will take that on their own. Some people obviously do indoctrinate their children (mormons, jehovahs, etc.), and sell them bull stories about Joseph Smith and magic plates, or peanut butter jars of no evolution... but when it comes to mainstream christianity, its pretty liberal... it had to become that, since after WW2, people refused to listen to fire and brimstone rhetoric. Hence, Vatican II was born, and it taught tolerance and greater openmindedness. They decided that the Bible is not to be taken literally, since "good catholic scientists had proven how God created man" and this was not creation.
The whole point of the catholic faith (as well as Lutheran, Anglican, United, etc.) is that its core beliefs and values are self-evident and present in all people deep down, and if you don't want to be a part of their religion, sure... no one is going to come knocking on your door, or even attempting to coerce a young child that they will go to hell if they don't adhere to catholic dogma.