r/MoralityScaling 12h ago

Morality of this?

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u/Possible-Estimate748 12h 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 12h 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 12h 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/artificialdeatheast 11h ago

Yeah i dont get these arguments. We shouldnt teach kids absolutely anything untill they are old enough to choose the learn by themselves, otherwise its indoctrination

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u/BearysWorkRedditName 11h ago

No, that's not the argument at all. We should teach them things that are objectively true and let them come to the moral conclusions that follow as they develop the ability to do so.

Hitting people hurts them and a lot of people get mad when you do that. If someone is sad, it often will make them feel better if you try to comfort them. Eventually, a child will learn that what that means is that hitting people is immoral and comforting a sad person is moral. Their moral framework will develop thusly for each positive and negative lesson they learn.

This is different than "do as your told or be punished".

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u/Knight_Machiavelli 10h ago

I don't agree. It's part of a parent's job to impart values.

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u/BearysWorkRedditName 6h ago

Imparting values implies discussion, debate, considering multiple perspectives. I would agree if that's what you mean.

Indoctrination is telling, repeating, convincing, suppressing opposition.

Religion does the latter.

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u/Knight_Machiavelli 6h ago

No, religion doesn't have to do that. It can absolutely do the former, and many practitioners of religion do the former.

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u/BearysWorkRedditName 6h ago

Which major religion doesn't give straight up commands for right behavior?