Comments on: Noone is born atheist

By: Gerry

Gerry — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:00:00 +0000

This is a biased post – obviously. The truth is, every IS born atheist. No one comes up with a god, (let alone a common god such as a judeao-christian one) without deviating from the natural world. The point isn’t so much that theism is indoctrination (which I don’t see why it’s a problem to admit that it is and go from there), but that one cannot find evidence of any god in reality except through deviation from the senses to pre-suppose a superstitious cause to reality. No young child has evidence for God…only the parents do. Moreover, the point is that if one cannot come up with the same tenant of the same god, from the same sources (i.e. reality) , then this too is evidence of the gross lack of evidence for the existence of a single, judeao-christian god. (or any other for that matter). There is a reason America is mostly Christian, Middle-east is mostly Islamic, and rational thinkers are neither. Learn to ask “Why?” and reject anything that makes non-supportive claims in leu of that question.

By: Buddy Lee

Buddy Lee — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:15:00 +0000

A whole book is dedicated to the alternate argument that everyone is, in fact, born atheist. See http://bornatheist.com/contents.html

By: smartass

smartass — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:46:33 +0000

I couldn't get past the title… it's no one not noone… learn to spell… maybe I will read

By: flyndaran

flyndaran — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:40:58 +0000

What about me? I was never animistic or superstitious even as a child. I always assumed those stories told by adults at sunday school and parents were part of some unspoken game. I was six when I realized they actually believed them. It really creeped me out. After long talk with my father he allowed me to stay home. Both parents were non-denominational christians, so I must have taken them by suprise.

By: flyndaran

flyndaran — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:40:00 +0000

By: millinniummany3k

millinniummany3k — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:52:58 +0000

Children are born without the knowledge of there being a god, they do not judge that there is catagorically no god, as atheism does, nor do they have the capeability to know whether or not there is god. At best children are born agnostic, but they are not born thinking god does not exist.

By: millinniummany3k

millinniummany3k — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:52:00 +0000

By: | UW's Secular Student Union

| UW's Secular Student Union — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:56:29 +0000

[...] Cross-posted from the blog Figuring Shit Out [...]

By: Hang

Hang — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:52:44 +0000

Hi Zaki,

I’ve responded to your comments here: http://blog.figuringshitout.com/what-atheism-isnt

By: Hang

Hang — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:52:00 +0000

Hi Zaki,

I’ve responded to your comments here: http://blog.figuringshitout.com/what-atheism-isnt