That’s because it’s easier to recruit kids into cults or whatever

> That’s because it’s easier to recruit kids into cults or whatever

That's what Sunday School is for.

I lived in SF at the time of the original burns on Baker Beach and heard about them but I was too lame and isolated to ever participate but followed their antics (and the Cacophony Society) from afar.

The universe arranged for me to go ten years ago and I found the experience magical. There's an exhibit that shows how each wave of newcomers has destroyed burning man which I found to be a cheeky take on its evolution.

The kids I saw there were doing kid friendly stuff and them being allowed there was clearly to allow their parents to come without having to leave them behind.

There's plenty to hate about it but in the end it's about people coming together to have a good time, and there's nothing wrong with that.

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newsclues 20 hours ago | parent [-]

Or school, including university/college

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pstuart 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Sorry, but no. That's a key reason why the religious folk hate public education at the college level: that exposure tends to help previously indoctrinated kids recognize that they have been in a cult and they leave it.

As for K-12, their hatred is that the public version is competition for their private education which is fully intended to indoctrinate them into their particular flavor of religion.

I'm not saying this to be combative -- it's all publicly stated.

The only combative thing here is using the word "cult" to describe a mainstream religion, and even that is because people get offended by that rendering rather than it not being the case.

	▲	newsclues 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/endi... Maybe religious people hate public education because it is different programming than they offer?