• Johandea@feddit.nu
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    1 day ago

    Religious people Everyone groom their children to believe what they do

    FTFY

    The big difference is religious people believe fairytales are factual and often deny science to make their views fit together.

    • cheers_queers@lemm.ee
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      23 hours ago

      No. I will teach my kid how to follow social rules to an extent, but i am not telling them what to believe. Thats not something for a kid to worry about.

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        So in essence you are going to teach your child to be a free thinker, which is an ideology. When another child aproaches your child with the classic “do you believe in jesus?” Your child will say “who?” Hear out the other and make a decision in that moment.

        If you had set up your child to be unconvinced of claims without facts. Youve groomed an athiest. Its not directly intentional but you 100% groomed your kid into a particular manner of thinking.

        Everyone does this its unavoidable. Even if you never spoke a word to your child. Theyd pick up your mannerisms and beliefs by simple mirrorism.

        Obviously grooming has negative connotations which is what i assume you take issue with. but the word can be and has been used innocuously such as this example from dictionary.com

        DuBois and Dickerson weren’t necessarily groomed for this job, a change from how evening anchors were selected in the past. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025

  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
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    21 hours ago

    man this is some real edgy /r/atheism material.

    Don’t get me wrong I hate religion, but everybody teaches their kids what they believe.