> Faith communities taught me lazy thinking, blind faith, bigotry, etc. shame on faith communities - and parents - that teach laziness of mind. the effects are

> Faith communities taught me lazy thinking, blind faith, bigotry, etc. shame on faith communities - and parents - that teach laziness of mind. the effects are obvious, you are not the only person saying this. > Public schools weren't indoctrinating anything. Rather they taught me to think critically, using proven methods, and avoid fallacies you are not the first person to claim religion indoctrinates but public schooling doesn't. i'm always surprised how quickly logic and clear reasoning are thrown out in these statements. has it never occurred to you that critical thinking must be founded on something? that proven methods, useful as they are, can also be misused to support accepted truths that are wrong? that distinguishing fallacies requires recognition of truth, which requires acceptance of certain things as true? i guess what i'm trying to point out is that the list of things you were taught is indoctrination, and that to a high degree. indoctrination is not a bad thing in and of itself. but a system of indoctrination that teaches it isn't indoctrinating scares me.