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Religion tends not to be much of a choice in practice due to childhood indoctrination and other factors. In the US, a child of Muslim parents is literally 250
by lalaland1125 5y ago
Religion tends not to be much of a choice in practice due to childhood indoctrination and other factors.
In the US, a child of Muslim parents is literally 250 times more likely to grow up to be a Muslim as an adult compared to the children of non Muslim parents.
- atatatat 5y agoSource? Also, either way: do vegetarianism.
- sneak 5y agoReligion is always a choice. Childhood indoctrination can influence adult choices, but does not confer any innate traits. Choosing to blindly continue to accept childhood indoctrination as an adult is itself a choice.
- throwaway210222 5y ago> Religion is always a choice. Except for that death-for-apostasy bit a particular crowd likes to hand out.
- sneak 5y agoImplicit in my statement was US jurisdiction, implied by the invocation of US anti discrimination regulation terminology (“protected class”). Fortunately, that doesn’t happen too often in the USA.