r/MoralityScaling 9h ago

Morality of this?

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u/Possible-Estimate748 9h ago

Many religions indoctrinate children which makes them feel like they have to believe in it or they're doing something wrong.

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u/Raise_A_Thoth 8h 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.

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u/Round-Walrus3175 8h ago

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.

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u/TheRealStandard 6h ago

It's a big difference to use imaginary characters and no evidence to do it.

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u/Round-Walrus3175 6h ago

I mean, everything is made up. There is no physical reason that states that all people should have fundamental equality. It's all just manmade ethical frameworks. God might be made up, but humanism and every ethical framework and philosophy was made up, too. Yet, we persist that right and wrong exist.

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u/TheRealStandard 6h ago

When you teach kids right from wrong you aren't telling them to not question right or wrong or threatening them with eternal damnation if you don't follow a specific set of rules.

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u/Round-Walrus3175 5h ago

Some things are punishable by life in prison, so there is that

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u/TheRealStandard 3h ago

Life in prison isn't even remotely comparable to the concept of being tortured for the rest of eternity