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Originally Posted by Craig
"To what extent does free thinking depend upon a rejection of traditional family."
I'm not convinced this is causal, is it possible that "free thinking" and the rejection of traditional family are just correlated? It seems more likely that some more basis characteristic of a given society could affect both of these attributes. Just a thought.
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Any suggestions as to what the more basic characteristic might be? What's more basic to human culture than parenting? I can see an argument that non-traditional sexual orientation may be such a thing, causing a person to feel outside the norm and willing to think different thoughts as a result.
I was thinking particularly about comparisons and contrasts between Islamic civilizations and the West when I initially thought about this because celibacy and singleness are highly discouraged in Islam compared to Christianity, at least in its Catholic form.