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Originally Posted by Chris
Which is to miss a whole chunk of the point of a life of faith in a family context - but again, as you don't subscribe to it, you naturally don't understand it.
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fair enough.
if I may pose the same question to yourself as I asked Russ earlier: by definition of the word 'indoctrination', are you indoctrinating your children into religion by use of influencing techniques such as Reciprocity, Commitment/Consistency, Scarcity, Likeability, Authority and/or Social Proofing?
as Russ found it a little tricky to answer as I may have been vague with my questioning, can we agree to use the Oxford definition found
HERE in points 1 and 1.1
I would also like to, if we may, discount any personal contexts, using only the definitions and influencing concepts as the points of reference.
I am hoping to get an honest and simple yes or no answer, followed by an explanation, if you please.
I will also go first in answering and explain what I believe:
Yes. It is my belief, that should the child not be given any say in whether they are brought into an ideology, that it constitutes indoctrination by the Oxford definition, even if it is only during the introductory stages of involvement. in order to fulfil this, I also believe that at least one of the 6 principles of influence must be employed. As the principles are being employed in an indoctrination, I believe them to be manipulative techniques.
I do not ask this to 'catch anyone out'. I would like to find out the honest perspective of a differing viewpoint.