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This is a support and conversation community for people who don't believe in gods.
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Forced participation in religious activities to be classified as child abuse in Japan (www.straitstimes.com)

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[–] Alexfire@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Indoctrination is one of the faulty foundations of supernatural systems. It is not healthy to tell a child that they are evil and such for things before conception and other stuff that is not actually bad or their fault. That's shame/blame/guilt, also threaten group belonging, punish/reward cycles, conditional belonging, and threaten eternal suffering if don't say the right words for the reward in another realm for suffering now. It's also unhealthy to dissuade curiosity and higher thinking levels, to rigorously test and examine things and use the most current information, update it as we learn more. "The ledger shall be balanced", some keep hope to trudge on in this dreary life. The people "needed that" to accept the suffering from the wealth inequality, worked hard for the owners, and expect something after this.

Understanding the history of supernatural belief systems, languages, arts, tools, use of fire, etc. is really interesting and it all makes sense, the Denisovans and Homo Floresiensis, once the need to protect wealth emerged in places, transfer it to heirs, powerful men got to make the rules and write history and supernatural reasons worked easier than brute force.