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JWeinCom said:
Immersiveunreality said:

Sometimes the question ''is this offensive?'' pops up in my head but i never let myself be offended by it,i just have a doubt on how to feel at that moment.

Bolded: Yes most have been indoctrinated from childhood and they themselves try to pass it on to their own children although that modern western children aren't that open for indoctrination anymore because we have so much other things that can influence us here,we are not isolated to our families and church.

Where do you live if I may ask?  The internet and other forms of communication are indeed powerful tools to fight against indoctrination... but I don't think it could compete with the social pressures that come at one from a very young age, especially in communities where those who don't believe might literally be ostracized.

Live in Netherlands now but grown up in Belgium,Netherlands has the bigger amount of christians but both of these countries have broken down those social pressures that supports indoctrination by a lot and that trend you see all across Europe,not at the same measures but still progressive.Indoctrination still exists and without goverment involvement it will be a stubborn practice to die out completely.

Witnesses of Jehova are still some weird cultlike community here,always used to come one of two of them at my door every two weeks to try to talk me into their group of people and i always welcomed one of those in my house to have a chat just because i find it interesting to know how those people are.

But after i started noticing the empty eyes combined with a not fitting smile it also started to scare me,it was like i was talking to a puppet.