what is this sentence mean?
If we don't open the door to spiritual reading ,through an early insistence on discipline and practice–we will have cheated them of an enjoyable experience they would not otherwise encounter.

“we will……encounter”,what's that mean?

thanks for your answer

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what is this sentence mean?
If we don't open the  door to spiritual reading ,through an early insistence on discipline and practice–we will have cheated them of an enjoyable experience they would not otherwise encounter.

“we will……encounter”,what's that mean?

thanks for your answer

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What does this sentence mean ? (just a helpful correction).
You could rewrite "they would not otherwise encounter." as "they would not otherwise experience".

The whole idea expressed by this sentence here seems somewhat bad to me. It means that if we force our children to read religious material (discipline and practice), they will go down a spiritual or religious path. Personally I prefer the age of rationalism rather than mysticism. But there is a saying "whatever floats your boat" :-)

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It means "We will have prevented them from enjoying an experience, which they would miss otherwise".
I also think it is a very negative philosophy. Children rarely 'enjoy' indoctrination unless that indoctrination also includes bribery.

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哈哈，我就说怎么觉得标题怪怪的

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