It is taught to children before the age of rational thought. It is done to indoctrinate (literally) rather than educate. It is done out of love, however, and therefore cannot be faulted on moral grounds.
I have refrained from writing anything critical of LDS religion. Yet you have just attacked my beliefs. Thus, you answered your own previous post #42 to Vendome. I must be that 'Whore of Babylon' and you're the FReeper who called me such for the practices I maintain.
Were you ever of the Lutheran faith? If not, then who are you to make concrete statements about using a song to indoctrinate vs educate? Who are you? Frankly, there's a lot I could have said (but kept silent about) about our time in "Happy Valley". I think I will...
The way our son was made fun of by his schoolmates when in public school because he was a 'Gentile'.
How his locker was burned because he was a 'Gentile'.
How he received a failing grade on a book report he turned in because his teacher claimed he plagiarized content (I confronted that teacher in front of her principal, and she had to back down on that statement...and the grade as well). And most probably because he was a 'Gentile'.
How businessmen my company spent millions with refused to acknowledge me in public because I was a 'Gentile' but would be the friendliest sort when they wanted some business.
How my neighbor, who was Mormon, once invited us over for a party celebrating the new gazebo he'd built in his back yard, telling me he'd let me know when. Then we come to find out the party was that night and we were 'excluded'. I guess he meant he'd have another small function later for his 'Gentile' acquaintances.
Shall I go on? No, I don't hate Mormons. I don't hate anyone. That's for God to sort out. Yet those who act "Holier than thou" with little basis for it should learn when to maintain their silence.
Now, just what did I say here attack your doctrine or how you 'indoctrinate'?