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Is it true that most atheists become religious after their 50s?

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    Of course not.

  • 9 years ago

    Since I am in my 50s and I am an atheist and every atheist I know has NOT changed their views, this question is the work of ignorance

  • ?
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    Wont happen to me for sure.

    I think its wrong. The reason we are atheist is because we havent been brainwashed as kids. You havent beenbrainwashed into becoming muslim, so you dont believe in Islam. Same principle.

    We were lucky. Becoming religious at 50yo would only be caused by anaccident of some sort

  • 9 years ago

    Not so far as i can tell. I can think of a lot of atheist friends and acquaintances whose beliefs have not changed at all in that respect from early adulthood into their fifties or older. I can only think of one atheist who became a deist, and even he didn't become religious.

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  • 9 years ago

    Not at all. I know plenty of former religious people who became atheists in their 40s or 50s.

  • 9 years ago

    Nope.

    The older I get the more I realise how awful religions are with their fake magic, their fake gods and their psychological control systems that extract obedience and cash from their flocks.

  • 9 years ago

    It is false.

    Some rare cases DO occur.

    Alzheimer's or Senility are the main causes.

  • 9 years ago

    No it's actually not true or factual.

    Religious proponents lie all the time.

  • 9 years ago

    51 and still have al my marbles. It would take a traumatic head injury for me to start believing. Or evidence.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    Nope

  • 9 years ago

    Yes.

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