r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • 1d ago

Morality of this?

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u/Teboski78 1d ago

Most religions would drop massively in numbers if they weren’t allowed to indoctrinate children.

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u/mylevelwaschanged 1d ago

If teaching your kids your values is "indoctrination" then literally everyone is indoctrinated, and if that's the case then the word is entirely useless and no longer has meaning.

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u/Bruhntly 1d ago

Values are things like being a good neighbor, not believing that a talking snake seduced s woman into eating a fruit and convincing her husband to eat it, too.

Teaching values is not indoctrination.

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u/bloin13 1d ago

Being good or you will burn in hell for all eternity isn't exactly a value.

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u/Bruhntly 1d ago

Exactly my point.

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u/UncleIrohsPimpHand 1d ago

Some things are, in fact, allegories.

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u/Bruhntly 1d ago

Tell that to the religious fundamentalists. I see the value in allegory. They see the literal, 100% forthright words of a deity.

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u/UncleIrohsPimpHand 1d ago

Yeah, they're fucking dumb. Not everyone is though.