I am amazed and appalled at the everyday subtle influences of evolutionary and Marxist teaching....I try to find them and point them out....very PC-incorrect! I was at my brother's house the other day and saw his dogs. The thought ran through my head about 'their wild undomesticated predecessors.' That wasn't exactly a Genesis Chapter 1 thought--nor scientific. I caught myself. Do most kids have the knowledge to identify cognitive dissonance these days? Only the kids of any Republican psychologists and group therapists in Florida whose parents are making book on DepressedoCrats there.... (wry grin)
I spent my twenties sorting stuff out, undoing the damage of 17 years of schooling. I have had the same experience, turning around to look at my thoughts thinking, "where did that come from?" In fact, for me, my assumption that evolution is a scientific fact was the last to go.
Do most kids have the knowledge to identify cognitive dissonance these days?
Absolutely not, which is the cruelest fate of all. You have to learn and be trained to mistrust your instincts. Modern schooling is the triumph of behavioral conditioning.