Not really, and I really don't appreciate being called Brainwashed. Our Pastor, tells us that he is preaching his beliefs and we don't need to just accept it blindly and we need to take what the Bible has to say and form our on beliefs on what we have read.
That is part of the problem with most things not just religion, but also in most other things as well. People today are smarter, but yet it seems like we hear people doing less and less smart things. People can no longer just take things at face value anymore (me included sometimes). I get trying to find the answers. But there are times that we should just accept what is told (i.e. A parent telling their child no, there is not always a reason that either the child would not fully understand or it is something that the parent thinks is wrong and is hard to put into words.)
Not in my opinion, but like you said it is better suited for another thread.
As you can obviously tell, my debating skills are next to none.