#childhood indoctrination

[unwelcome-ozian]

[body-neutral-animist-witch]

It’s funny to think how Mormon I was about my ex-Mormonism. I was basically proselytising my new found belief, or rather non belief, and concerning myself about other people needing to know the truth for their own good! Like have you heard the good news? Mormonism isn’t true!

But that’s what you get when you’re taught from birth that it’s your responsibility to get people to believe the right thing.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

While participating in an internship at Lichen Early Learning, lesson plans were created to uplift understanding of different relationships

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These people are cult priests masquerading as "teachers."

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"There are no religious children. Only children of religious parents." -- Richard Dawkins

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"A transgender 3 year old is like a vegan cat. We all know who's making the lifestyle choices." -- Blaire White

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"People most often follow a religion not because of personal revelation or transcendent truths, but because the religion is culturally familiar, taught at an early age, and linked to where and by whom one is raised." -- David G. McAfee

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"The lifeblood of religion is not God, not theology, not salvation, not even money. It is indoctrinating children. Take that away and your religion will die within a generation." -- Bill Flavell

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"There is no such thing as a Catholic child. There's only a child of Catholic parents.

There's no such thing as a Protestant child, only a child of Protestant parents.

There's no such thing as a Muslim child, only a child of Muslim parents."

-- Richard Dawkins

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Let me try a little experiment on you. At Christmastime one year, my newspaper in Britain, The Independent, was looking for a seasonal picture. And they found a heartwarmingly ecumenical one at a school nativity play.

The three wise men were played by Shadbreet, a Sikh, Musharaff, a Muslim, and Adele, a Christian, all aged four.

And my guess is that you probably think that picture's rather sweet. How nice that four year olds, who belong to different religions, should come together in a nativity play.

Now suppose the caption said this.

Shadbreet, a socialist, Musharaff, a conservative, and Adele, a liberal, all aged four.

Shadbreet, an atheist, Musharaff, an agnostic, and Adele, a secular humanist, all aged four.

I'm trying to raise consciousness. I hope that that series of three slides has raised your consciousness. I hope that every time from now on you hear anybody talking about say, a Catholic child, or a Protestant child, or a Muslim child, you will protest. You will say, you wouldn't talk about a postmodernist child, or a Keynesian child, or a Hayekian monetarist child.

There is no such thing as a Catholic child, there's only a child of Catholic parents. There's no such thing as a Protestant child, only a child of Protestant parents. There's no such thing as a Muslim child, only a child of Muslim parents.

I repeat these slogans over and over again, probably too often. Too often? It can't be too often when you're in the business of consciousness-raising.

Please join me in protesting every time you hear anyone ever referring to a Catholic child, a Christian child, a Muslim child, etc.

-- Richard Dawkins