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37. Not according to synonym.com

Reply to gcomeau (Reply #36)

Thu Apr 4, 2013, 11:48 AM

Apr 2013

http://www.synonym.com/synonyms/indoctrinate/

Elsewhere, that is one of several other synonyms.

I repeat then, if it's being used as "brainwash", I stand by the post. If it's used in any other meaning, it's inapplicable.

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Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason [View all] cleanhippie Apr 2013 OP

I listened to the audiobook Brainstormy Apr 2013 #1

Thanks. Sounds like the same story many have told. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #2

As a listener to his podcast, I always associated his voice with a radio DJ brooklynite Apr 2013 #29

Fundamentalists are prone to shocking disillusionment. rug Apr 2013 #3

"...especially in regard to the indoctrination of children" cleanhippie Apr 2013 #4

And many more don't at all. rug Apr 2013 #5

Sunday school at a Christian church is indoctrination. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #6

No it isn't.. rug Apr 2013 #7

Uh, that's what I said. Didn't you read it? cleanhippie Apr 2013 #8

Teaching to believe isn't indoctrination either. rug Apr 2013 #9

Teaching to believe IS indoctrination. It's EXACTLY that. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #10

So, do you consider civics class to be indoctrination? rug Apr 2013 #11

That is not an apt comparison. Religion teaches WHAT to think and believe. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #16

No it doesn't. rug Apr 2013 #18

FFS, rug. If we're to have a meaningful conversation, please stop inferring things that aren't there cleanhippie Apr 2013 #19

Is that what you tell your children? rug Apr 2013 #20

Pretty much. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #21

Then you're "indoctrinating" her in your values. rug Apr 2013 #22

Oh, bother. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #23

So, your claim is that religion lacks values. rug Apr 2013 #24

Done. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #25

Ok, nice try. rug Apr 2013 #26

Wish I could say the same. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #27

"Teaching to believe isn't indoctrination either." Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #12

Do you indoctrinate your children in patriotism? rug Apr 2013 #13

I don't... Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #14

We probably are. rug Apr 2013 #15

We're in full agreement there. n/t Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #17

That's like saying gcomeau Apr 2013 #31

And the word itself is neutral. rug Apr 2013 #33

If you think so, then why did you try to redefine it? -eom gcomeau Apr 2013 #34

Mainly because it's being used as a synonym for "brainwash". rug Apr 2013 #35

It *is* a synonym for brainwash. Literally. -eom gcomeau Apr 2013 #36

Not according to synonym.com rug Apr 2013 #37

Oh? gcomeau Apr 2013 #38

If he - or you - want to say they're brainwashed, why don't you just say so? rug Apr 2013 #39

You get what two words being synonyms means right? gcomeau Apr 2013 #40

Of course I do. Do you get what broad brush means? rug Apr 2013 #41

No gcomeau Apr 2013 #42

The nuance of words eludes you. rug Apr 2013 #43

Sorry, I think you read my line in the script... -eom gcomeau Apr 2013 #44

I saw Pat Robertson said Carbon dating comes from the devil. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #28

Science is not the enemy of religion, but it does not support it at all. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #30

"Science is not the enemy of religion" gcomeau Apr 2013 #32

I have it in my library, but have not read it yet. Gore1FL Apr 2013 #45