Well, I would like to commence work on the next best thing. You seem to have an open mind to the idea - right? How did you get as far as you did in your thinking and not try to figure out how to advance to the next best thing?
They were indoctrinated by the teachings they received from their former religious community about the existence of god and the rules for sustaining the community. They questioned the rules of community, and compiled new rules, and self-indoctrinated themselves with the new rules. Other people did not simply follow them without being indoctrinated with the new rules.
you are an example - you do not want to follow my rules, and I do not want to follow your rules. I don’t want to be friends with you. Do you want to be friends with me???
So, indoctrination is different than teaching, now? Make up your mind!
Right - teaching does not require not questioning the doctrine, or does it?
And then, I think you get really confused here.
You are being exposed to an alternate view, and guarding the orthodoxy.
Are there rules for securing the definitions of words, most notably, the words used by atheists to distinguish what atheism is? Science is supposed to do something like that, right???
A person does not have to be indoctrinated to have a religion??? Are you sure, you are an atheist? I have never encountered that idea, before. Are you a liberal?
How does a person strongly behold beliefs without it becoming a doctrine to refer to for exercising whatever it is the belief is supposed to do for them?
Again, what is worship?
You are compiling a profile (doctrine) of me for future reference - right? You are going to hold it strongly - right? You’re not going to give up - right???