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Indoctrination is a process that happens AFTER a belief has developed.
Trace the belief back all the way...to the very first person who believed
Like I said...it doesnt matter WHAT....the very first person of ANY belief...was not indoctrinated...it's as simple as that.
You did say however, in your initial response, that indoctrination is what first and foremost constitutes religious belief
Religious belief without indoctrination is entirely possible, meaning that indoctrination is not the base for religious belief....
To answer your question...I'll pose another question....Does it have to be one or the other? Why can't it be multiples.
so who is it that shakes the ground or blows through the trees or farts solar wind?
Think of christianity as herpes...and sexual intercourse as indoctrination....
but indoctrination has nothing to do with the evolution of a religion