Quote Originally Posted by blazeofglory View Post
Logically your ideas are right, but let us not go radically. Do not rationalize ideas. All I have to say by indoctrination is today it is rampant more often than in the past.

Indoctrination, I do not try to rationalize this term through any philosophical or syllogistic notions, is to try to influence minds. More often than not indoctrination has to do with irrational ideas.

Today we see so many followers of cult and to the extent that the followers prepare themselves to even lift their arms and do the otherwise unthinkable in their ordinary courses of life.

When you take to a particular set of ideas or notions rationally, scientifically rather than dogmatically it is not indoctrination.

When your parents say, love animals and you do it it is not indoctrination. But when parents say, as they more often than not in Hinduism, you have to sacrifice a goat at feet of the Goddess, Kali. You get indoctrinated into patterns of ideas which have no rational or logical ground.

Indoctrination has little to do with conditioning. We are conditioned by environmental factors. But indoctrination is something different, and it often leads to violence. We are not unaware of the fact more and more killings and massacres, even suicidal bombings take place just because those who get swayed by particular ideas and beliefs get ready to commit suicides.

We ordinary people think life is greater than all ideas and those indoctrinated one are averse to this idea.
I see. You think it radical that I suggest that people try to indoctrinate Christians or other religious people, but not that Christians or other religious people try to indoctinate others. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. If it is indoctrination to suggest ideas other than those you believe, then any violation of this is indoctrination. Logic is never radical. Nor is this rationalization.

I may not particually like it when people suggest that my belief as a Christian is a waste of time, but I can choose to either listen to them and question whether or not I am in the wrong or just ignore them. I think it best to always be questioning my belief, thus I strengthen my belief. I need something to compare it to. People have to be given choice.

When I witness to someone, if they don't want to hear it, I can shut up, and still have done what I feel was my duty. I don't have to harrass them. if they are interested, they will want to hear. Much like this discussion, if people didn't want to discuss it, they would ignore the posting.

God Bless you, my dear friend

Pen