[jambutty]

Originally Posted by blazey

Leviticus 18: 22 of the Bible pretty much preaches hate for homosexuals. Do you think this means I must believe and live by that because I went to a Catholic School?

The bible is full of all sorts of old fashioned ideology, though I'd like to think any human being capable of learning to read would also be capable of making up their own mind about things.

Unfortunately children are introduced to their parent’s religion from the day they are born. They get taken to the church as babes, then toddlers and go to a church school. They are in effect brain washed to believe in that religion. Don’t forget that in the first five years of life and beyond children are like sponges and will believe everything that is told them, because they know no different.

The religious message is reinforced in church schools with prayers during morning assembly and a period of RI at least once a week.

By the time that the kids reach their teens many see through the religious charade, rebel and throw off the shackles. But the initial teaching is so well embedded that even in later life they can still remember their religious upbringing even if they no longer follow it.