Indoctrination, and Salvation thru Belief

[socken]

I came up with this idea today and I don't think I've ever heard it brought up anywhere that I've seen or heard:
I think most Christians believe that salvation is gained by BELIEVING (not going to get into how ludicrous that whole concept is here), not by works.
Using the Socratic method--
Step 1: Get them to define indoctrination. They would probably admit that anyone of a faith other than their own that seeks to raise a child in that faith would be indoctrinating the child.
2. Get them to agree that Christians are doing the right thing by bringing up a child in the Christian faith. What good Christian would not agree to this?
3. Ask them if, when the child is around 8 or so, does that child actually believe, or is that child indoctrinated, based on their answer to the first question? Actually you probably wouldn't have to use the word 'indoctrinated.' It would be so obvious. An honest person could not call the same method 'indoctrination' for one faith and not for their own.
4. Point out that indoctrination into the Christian faith is just that, and the child does not truly believe, but is indoctrinated. Therefore the child is NOT saved because it is NOT BELIEF.
If Christianity is the one true faith, indoctrination would not be necessary and the child would grasp that when it is old enough to figure it out for itself--no Sunday school needed. If they say are not indoctrinating children, they would have to admit: no Sunday school needed.
Thoughts?

[Vosur]

I'm going to play the devil's advocate for a bit.

Without indoctriantion, children would be deceived by Satan into a false belief or even non-belief. Christian parents do this solely because they want to save their children from the evil Satan.

[Marco Krieger]

How to make a difference between a true believer and some child that only copy's there parents belief-patterns?
I think not, they would call it indoctrination, they would call it education and guidance.

What happened, if a child never came in contact with religion?
Will this child suddenly beginn to ask questions about a god-concept?

Is this child also indoctrinated, now from the atheism-site of the spectrum, or is the not-knowing about a god the default position?

I am curious, is there a study or such, to this subject?

[fstratzero]

(19-10-2012 04:32 AM)Marco Krieger Wrote:  How to make a difference between a true believer and some child that only copy's there parents belief-patterns?
I think not, they would call it indoctrination, they would call it education and guidance.

What happened, if a child never came in contact with religion?
Will this child suddenly beginn to ask questions about a god-concept?

Is this child also indoctrinated, now from the atheism-site of the spectrum, or is the not-knowing about a god the default position?

I am curious, is there a study or such, to this subject?

I ran into an atheist at a meet up who never had the subject brought up until he asked about it. So they told him about it and read the bible. His reaction was basically, who would believe this?

[Marco Krieger]

(19-10-2012 04:40 AM)fstratzero Wrote:  I ran into an atheist at a meet up who never had the subject brought up until he asked about it. So they told him about it and read the bible. His reaction was basically, who would believe this?

Sounds encouraging.
Its support my thought, that atheism is the default position.
Indoctrination also has a timeframe to be succesfull, i think.

[socken]

(19-10-2012 02:04 AM)Vosur Wrote:  I'm going to play the devil's advocate for a bit. (Yes, thank you!)

Without indoctrination, children would be deceived by Satan into a false belief or even non-belief. Christian parents do this solely because they want to save their children from the evil Satan.

I understand what you are saying. I just think this still could not be considered "belief," and thus not sufficient for salvation as defined by the bible.
Thanks.

[socken]

(19-10-2012 04:32 AM)Marco Krieger Wrote:  How to make a difference between a true believer and some child that only copy's there parents belief-patterns?
I think not, they would call it indoctrination, they would call it education and guidance.

I think, then, they would have to also call it education and guidance when parents of another faith do it.

[socken]

(19-10-2012 04:40 AM)fstratzero Wrote:  

(19-10-2012 04:32 AM)Marco Krieger Wrote:  What happened, if a child never came in contact with religion?
Will this child suddenly beginn to ask questions about a god-concept?

Is this child also indoctrinated, now from the atheism-site of the spectrum, or is the not-knowing about a god the default position?

I ran into an atheist at a meet up who never had the subject brought up until he asked about it. So they told him about it and read the bible. His reaction was basically, who would believe this?

There are those that say we all have a natural "god-hole" that needs to be filled.

[Chas]

(19-10-2012 08:04 AM)socken Wrote:  

(19-10-2012 04:40 AM)fstratzero Wrote:  I ran into an atheist at a meet up who never had the subject brought up until he asked about it. So they told him about it and read the bible. His reaction was basically, who would believe this?

There are those that say we all have a natural "god-hole" that needs to be filled.

What we have is a natural curiosity; a knowledge hole.

[Logica Humano]

(19-10-2012 02:04 AM)Vosur Wrote:  I'm going to play the devil's advocate for a bit.

Without indoctriantion, children would be deceived by Satan into a false belief or even non-belief. Christian parents do this solely because they want to save their children from the evil Satan.

Now son, say your prayers or else the big scary monster in your closet will come out and slit your throat.