On last time: Sophistry or the Top Ten Honverse Loves

Sorry about the delay in responding, but I had religious obligations
which kept me away for a while. And then ... I was reluctant to take
this up again. But ...

I missed the Staff meeting, but the Memos showed that Brian McDonald
<Brian_knowspam.McDonald DeleteThis @shaw.ca> wrote on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:14:20
GMT in alt.books.david-weber :
>On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:09:43 -0800, pyotr filipivich
><phamp DeleteThis @mindspring.com> wrote:
>> Why ever would I do that? After all, you're the one who seems to
>>feel you should be free raise children in your way, while anyone who
>>teaches their children about the religion is "indoctrinating" them.
>>I'm just returning the formulation. "Sauce goose, sauce gander" as the
>>saying went.
>
>not even close pyotr. i'm trying to instill a code of conduct in them
>that will let them live successfully in modern society. if they
>decide their souls need salvation later on that's up to them.
>religious indoctrination is designed to kill off critical thinking to
>discourage the flock from straying later on.

You are indoctrinating them in what you feel is the right way. You
say you are merely instilling in them a code of conduct, but I say
you're indoctrinating them.
Meanwhile, my "trying to instill a code of conduct in them that
will let them live successfully in modern society." seems to fill you
with horror that I'm indoctrinating them.

I believe the conjugating of the verb "pedagogy" is:
I train my children in the Truth.
You teach your children whatever it is you believe.
They are indoctrinating their children.

Which is it? You seem to have an altitude against the religious.
Are you going to retain that attitude toward religious people, or are
you going to extend to them the same tolerance that you demand?

Because it does appear that you are as adamant about your
non-religion in a manner little distinguishable from that of the worse
fundamentalist or literalist. And with just as much arrogance.




pyotr
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