Evangelicalism Indoctrinates Children
Many people will not even read this because the title will be so offensive and simply because peope are lazy or don't care. However, I just wanted to say that I really dispise anyone who indoctrinates their children, or other children, into a system of belief of any kind. Evangelicalism is the most notable of doing this in North America.
You can see Evangelism in action yourself from such movies as:
Hell House - houses intended to scare the shit out of children into believing in Christianity:
+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_UI-EBGnqk
+ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301235/
Jesus Camp - disciplining children and the forceful indoctrination of children into faith:
+ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486358/
+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RNfL6IVWCE
And sporadic presentations to chidlren on the "wrongs" of evolution and science:
+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xKDKq_PPbk&NR=1
More importantly, notice in the above video the "we believe in God", the use of ad hominems against evolution, the appeal of intelligent deisgn, the attack against dinosaurs, watch the adults "teach kids" as the children naturally assimilate what they said.
Apparently "I believe that's not true" disproves millions of pieces of fossil evidence, carbon dating, and all forms of rational evidence. The collateral damage is the brain-washing of young children into a faith. Dawkins was right calling it is a virus when it is preached forcefully to children.
Handing down books "How to refute evolution" and teaching classes on it, what is the real intention here? Enlightening your children..? Or recruiting them? If it was enlightening, it would be taught with free and open language, the "some people believe this" and "this is a faith, especially when you consider the evidence" and to consider the rational and reasonable evidence. Is not enlightenment and teaching to offer all forms of knowledge to your children? Not just one?
Most importantly, the bible is not the word of God. Some will smirk at that comment, but the fact is that the bible has been translated many, many times. That itself is enough to show that the english version of the bible is NOT the word of God. At best, even for the faithful, it is a translation. Even if St. Michael spoke to Paul, as he proclaimed, he was still translating the language down himself, not Michael. Please consider my bible problems for further elaboration. The point is, it is not the permanent and embedded word of God.
"Schools are biased towards evolution."
- Why?! Because it's TRUE. There's evidence for it. This is like trying to say the theory of gravity is bias. This is where the creationist falls and depserately pleads, "Well, maybe God created evoltuion."
"Who told you that? [to not believe in evoltion]"
"My parents"
Case in point. Don't brainwash your children.
What do you think...?
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