(10-18-2012, 06:28 PM)eppie Wrote: I haven't said that. I say that religious upbringing brainwashes people. And indeed the fear of hell is a very big factor in that brainwashing.Is this your concept of parenting?
"Systematic effort to destroy an individual's former loyalties and beliefs and to substitute loyalty to a new ideology or power. It has been used by religious cults as well as by radical political groups. The techniques of brainwashing usually involve isolation from former associates and sources of information; an exacting regimen calling for absolute obedience and humility; strong social pressures and rewards for cooperation; physical and psychological punishments for noncooperation, including social ostracism and criticism, deprivation of food, sleep, and social contacts, bondage, and torture; and constant reinforcement. Its effects are sometimes reversed through deprogramming, which combines confrontation and intensive psychotherapy."
You must have had a rough childhood.
(10-18-2012, 10:30 PM)FireIceTalon Wrote: See, this is a Randian fantasy world to me.Have you read her? It appears not.