Theos-Talk Archives (June 2003 Message tt00220)

Hi all of you,

Here is a little something:

When is learning not Indoctrination ?

Indoctrination may be called 'the instilling of attitudes without
the saving grace of digesting them'. Indoctrination is not what
some people claim, that is to say the more rapid accomplishment
of something which ordinarily takes a culture many years to
achive.
What makes a 'digested' system more acceptable than an
imposed one ?
Two things. First a greater time-scale and conditions of 
freedom give an opportunity for rejection. Second, where there
is a time-scale measured in years - and where there is oppor-
tunity for dissent and discussion, there is room for modification.
Inducing people to believe things - and the, usually, turning
around and saying that this belief, because it is belief, is sacred or
even inevitable - is the hallmark of indoctrination.
Putting forward, and giving people information which
enables them to test these (including testing then against other
ideas) spells freedom and education, both of which are distorted
or abolished by indoctrinatior.
Two things prevent the foregoing being widely known at the present
time: -

1. The discovery, certainly in the 'West' and modern world, is 
recent. I will take time to percolate.
2. When the facts are presented, they are an embarrassment to
those who, examining their own attitudes, realise that,
in certain areas, they are themselves victims of
indoctrination.





from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...

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