User blog comment:Maslab/Spartan Brainwashing/@comment-663564-20091111020331

@Matt: Yeah, I realized after I posted this that people tend to hear the word "brainwashing", clap their hands over their ears, and sing the Conspiracy Theorist song.

@LoMI: I don't. I have no problem with a person holding beliefs of their own until they try and force them on me. However, there are a few people I would classify as truly done in.

@Hunter Zealot: Parents brainwash. Advertising brainwashes. Really anything designed to skew your world view can be classified as such.

And on the "every belief is brainwashing point", I would have to disagree. Agnosticism and Atheism have no specific doctrine members follow, and are in fact not truly organized groups (I can't use the word religion because, well, they're not)

On your point that seeing a leader go is sad, it is, and I would be sad if my leader died. However, I wouldn't be sad if that person was a known war criminal who has propagated famine and violence in the nation.

@HZ: The argument about whether religion brainwashes is mute. While not all members are mindless drones who never listen, I do believe that their world view is a bit skewed. I know mine is. The difference that I find important (and this is going to sound arrogant) is that I like to think mine is by choice.

@Spartan-091: Not necessarily. There are many children who are brought in at a young age because they don't understand what's happening or their parents make them. Like I said, Jesus Camp is a documentary I highly recommend. I'm actually a bit curious to know what you'd think of it. I actually have known many other Christians are disgusted by what the Evangelicals do. On a happier note, yes, many children to reject their parent's beliefs.