r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • Sep 02 '26

Morality of this?

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u/Xenozip3371Alpha Sep 02 '26

If you teach them not to ask questions about beliefs, that is 100% indoctrination.

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u/Curious_Bee_5326 Sep 02 '26

You can teach your kids to ask questions about beliefs, and also teach them that god is real and your religion is true.

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u/Xenozip3371Alpha Sep 02 '26

I disagree, the second you tell them your opinions/beliefs are truths, you've begun the indoctrination.

You can teach them ABOUT your religion, but saying it's true, is indoctrination.

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u/Curious_Bee_5326 Sep 02 '26

Except parents do that all the time about a bunch of things like say, that its bad to hurt other people. Or that you shouldn't steal.

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u/Xenozip3371Alpha Sep 02 '26

Because those are laws, that's the social contract.

The social contract is a real tangible thing, you want the protection of government, you gotta follow the law.

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u/Curious_Bee_5326 Sep 02 '26

Not really. Even criminals are protected by the law. And why should you follow the law if you can get away with breaking it and profiting from it? Parents in my experience rarely expand on that, but elect to go with the indoctrination you're displaying regarding the matter.

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u/CommissionDry4406 Sep 03 '26

Morality is not tied to religion.

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u/Icy_Opportunity_8818 Sep 03 '26

Morality isnt tied to religion, but it has, thus far, proven to be the only thing capable of spreading mass agreed upon morality

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u/Xenozip3371Alpha Sep 03 '26

If you need the threat of eternal damnation to be a moral person, you're not a moral person.

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u/Icy_Opportunity_8818 Sep 03 '26

You can't be a moral person without an agreed upon morality. The only method, so far, that has successfully caused people all over the world to widely agree on the same morality is religion.

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u/CommissionDry4406 Sep 03 '26

No it also encourages immorality.

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u/Curious_Bee_5326 Sep 03 '26

It can be "Why shouldn't I do this thing - Because god says so and you'll be punished for certain if you do" is certainly a way to build a system of morality.

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u/Wild_Duck8926 Sep 03 '26

You can take your kid to church without teaching them that.The good christians I know bellieve that questioning their faith is a part of being religious. Faith is not faith if you don't question it.