Certainly, everybody has heard of the accusation that religious people are brainwashed, delusional, and hallucinating. Often they will be accused of being so fervent of their religion on no basis or a false basis. In many situations, I believe that is true.
Religious people are so often attacked by these accusations because, I think, they are so unsophisticated in their thinking. If somebody is born into Catholicism, they often believe Catholicism for the rest of their lives. They will not be objective when studying the Bible. Rather, they will look at the texts with a presupposition about them and accept only an understanding which fits this presupposition.
They allow their preacher or church leader to determine any interpretation of the Bible, and live their life on that basis. They do not serve God. They serve the church. This is how faiths like 'New Birth' call themselves Christian and then worship their pastor (Source).
People will not consider anything beyond the passion and the golden tongue of their preacher. They will forget anything that contradicts what they were told as children and suppress the truth. Further, such a person will then force these falsehoods on their children.
Parents: if you are going to make your children believe something, make sure that you are absolutely certain of your theology. Further, if you are going to become angry with them when they contradict it, this questions the validity of your belief. If it is true, then it should withstand the test of objective research and study. I strongly advice that every Christian, Catholic, and Mormon study the Old Testament and the New Testament without any assumptions in mind.
One of Jesus Christ's complaints of humanity was that they did not read the scripture.
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