Does religious indoctrination inhibit a person’s ability to judge good from evil?
If people are indoctrinated to believe without question that their religious organization is good beyond a shadow of a doubt, then wouldn’t this make them unable to see evil and wrongdoings carried out by their church?
Take the example of the present pope covering up pedophiles and putting children at risk in order to spare the Catholic Church embarrassment; this is something evil and yet millions and millions of Catholics around the world are so deeply indoctrinated that they still think the rotten old bastard is a good man. So does this indicate that only people free from religious indoctrination are better at judging good from evil?
If people are indoctrinated to believe without question that their religious organization is good beyond a shadow of a doubt, then wouldn’t this make them unable to see evil and wrongdoings carried out by their church?
Take the example of the present pope covering up pedophiles and putting children at risk in order to spare the Catholic Church embarrassment; this is something evil and yet millions and millions of Catholics around the world are so deeply indoctrinated that they still think the rotten old bastard is a good man. So does this indicate that only people free from religious indoctrination are better at judging good from evil?