Semantically you are differentiating between the philosophy of religion versus its practice and organization and cultural form, and it is true of almost all religions that these two things can be very different and even diametrically incompatible.

However, the very doctrine -- for example the Nicean Creed -- can act as a real stunner when fed to an unsuspecting, trusting soul who could otherwise discover the world for himself.

The kind of re-education that needs to be emphasized is the right and ability to sort out one's own truth and voice in these matters . As far as the young are concerned, it does not matter whether enforced "realities" are laid onto him by family or neighborhood or peers or authorities from some temple or cathedral nearby -- when such data is enforced on a viewpoint it is a suppression of his ability to know things. Any culture -- familial or regional or tribal -- that engages in the practice of enforced indoctrination in spiritual matters is being, to one degree or another, oppressive. Even the kindest interpretation of Christian guidance can spin a poor boy's skull when he starts trying to deal with metaphysical entities and supernatural claims but is not allowed to make up his own mind about them.

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