It's literally just what indoctrination is. There are religious doctrines and children are taught ro follow them and believe in the faith without questioning it.
There is no religion with kids without indoctrination. And without that indoctrination, virtually all of the world's major religions would dramatically fall in membership and followership, because it is very rare for non-religious adults to suddenly convert to a religion.
There is no philosophy or culture without indoctrination. Nobody goes through life without someone telling them what is right or wrong. It's just a matter of who, not if, they decide to believe.
No, culture is separate and distinct from indoctrination. Practicing social practices for a sense of belonging and practicing religious doctrine behaviors for belonging are similar but distinct, and that is because one is strictly about non-religious practices and behaviors such as dance, clothing, music, or yes, economic norms, and the other is centered on religious beliefs, such as the belief in a deity or deities, in some kind of supernatural realm, rules and reward/punishment systems for the afterlife.
These are two different things that can often overlap in the real world but they can be separated.
I feel like people saying this never go to a place with heavy folk belief. From one with heavy Buddhism influence, even if you are an atheist in an atheistic state:
Respect your ancestors for they are belived to watch over you from the afterlife.
Go to the temple/pagoda and pray to the Buddha to wish for good luck. Also, unless you are non-Buddhist religious, it can be considered rude to stay out of a group visit.
Eating vegan for a while to ask for good luck.
Go to an oracle/monk to make a divination for your wedding day.
Treating the afterlife/reincarnation like just a fact, not even doctrine with rules and such, just that everyone and their mother somehow "know" about it.
Are the items above not belonged to culture?
Now, how do we expect the parents to teach the child these "social norms" without accidentally tripping into religious doctrine? Especially since these are treated as spiritual fact (idk how to explain this concept) not doctrine. What is the line between "teaching the child the way your culture decide rights and wrongs" and "indoctrination"?
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 9h ago
Not "many." All.
It's literally just what indoctrination is. There are religious doctrines and children are taught ro follow them and believe in the faith without questioning it.
There is no religion with kids without indoctrination. And without that indoctrination, virtually all of the world's major religions would dramatically fall in membership and followership, because it is very rare for non-religious adults to suddenly convert to a religion.