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Surely we are all born atheist because we have to choose a religion (or our parents do on our behalf)?

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  • Sam
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    We are all born without beliefs.

  • 1 decade ago

    People misuse the word atheist. Of course you are born an "atheist" because you have no knowledge of religion or are ignorant to religion so you don't have a belief in any god, which is the definition of atheism.

    Source(s): atheist.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No, we're all born atheist because the concept of deity is something that has to be learned.

    Don't forget that "atheism" means "no belief in deity". That does not necessarily mean "no religion".

  • 1 decade ago

    You're correct. We're born atheists. Anyone who claims otherwise is, quite simply, wrong.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    that's not what the bible says. the bible says we are all born evil. not atheist or whatever it's called. he also says that you are for him or against him. so atheists have made a conscious decision on their own at some point in their lives as to whom they will serve. just so you know what the truth is

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I’ve discovered that it all boils down to brain wiring: your brain is wired to worship magic or it isn’t, either it’s wired to utilize logic or it isn’t, either it’s analytical of myths or it isn’t.

    ~

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Everyone is an atheist at one point or another. Theists, you just got raped in the face.

  • 1 decade ago

    in that case it was atheists who made religion

  • 囧rz
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    You don't have to choose a religion, but you can choose a path.

  • 1 decade ago

    we are all born atheists, we dont even know what gods are

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