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re: Not every or all _______ are bad
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:39 pm to Tigah in the ATL
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:39 pm to Tigah in the ATL
quote:That is false. People are individuals. Every person in a free country is autonomous, and in control of their own mind and religion. Unless, of course, you view people anthropologically. I believe in individualism. Your worldview frightens me, as if people were statistics. That worldview always leads to destruction.
the vast majority of people did not choose their religion, it was chosen for them
This post was edited on 9/9/14 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:41 pm to genro
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That is false. People are individuals.
I'd say 90-95% of the religious people I know ascribe to the faith their parents introduced them to.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:46 pm to genro
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That is false. People are individuals. Every person in a free country is autonomous, and in control of their own mind and religion. Unless, of course, you view people anthropologically.
Humanity is far less independent and "free" than we fancy ourselves. We are still largely driven by biological impulses, just on a much grander scale than other species are.
We are biologically programmed to believe what our parents tell us, because that was crucial for survival for the first 200,000 years or so of our existence. A child believes what their parent says about God for the same reason they believed what they told them about the lion in the brush thousands of years ago.
This is why the vast majority of Christian converts and reverts were raised n a home that was at least marginally Christian if only socially. The rates of "switching" between faith is still incredibly low, even in today's global society. It was virtually nonexistent prior to the 20th century.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 3:54 pm to genro
quote:right.
That is false. People are individuals. Every person in a free country is autonomous, and in control of their own mind and religion.
That's why religion is different by country.
Obviously there are exceptions, but don't act like you would've chosen something different if you had been born in Pakistan to muslim parents. Your view leads to the belief that only your group is correct, when the reality is your group is largely that way due to inertia.
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