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In reply to the discussion: People Are Born with Religious Belief Argues New Book [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)13. By your measurement then, there is no evidence infants are born atheist.
What experiment would you design to prove this hypothesis?
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Yeah. I am real sure that five year old was never ever exposed to any christianity
CBGLuthier
Mar 2012
#2
My experience with Scandanavians, while anecdotal, is fairly extensive at this point.
cbayer
Mar 2012
#14
Due to your proximity to Scandanavia and your being a member of the Commonwealth,
cbayer
Mar 2012
#25
I wasn't. I found Sunday School with God, the Bible Stories, etc. hard to believe.
no_hypocrisy
Mar 2012
#5
Kids of atheists - no matter how hard their parents might try to insulate them from religion
TlalocW
Mar 2012
#7
Infants aren't born with any belief systems, as far as I'm aware of...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#51
So far, there's no evidence indicating that God has to be a sky daddy. THAT may NOT be wired in.
saras
Mar 2012
#24
Another avenue of inquiry would be to study the religious beliefs of primitive people.
FarCenter
Mar 2012
#35
First it is clear baby do HAVE mental needs, mostly to do with interaction with other humans
happyslug
Mar 2012
#37
There are also studies about Children given a choice between a beating and being rejected
happyslug
Mar 2012
#45
The heliocentric model mainly explains the seasons, rather than the times of sunrise and sunset
FarCenter
Mar 2012
#39
The riff on the Beatles was in reply to Happyslug and his riff on Sherlock Holmes
FarCenter
Mar 2012
#41
And the author of the book under discussion does NOT say children embrace theology
happyslug
Mar 2012
#46
Farmers used direct observations of equinox, solistices and calendars since the megalithic
FarCenter
Mar 2012
#49
The best farmers have the most "Farmer's Sayings"/anecdotes or "Old Wives takes"
happyslug
Mar 2012
#54
I mention the problem of ethics in a post above, no need to go off the wall about it.
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#62
Your are right, of course, I wasn't thinking of that, they do do studies on children...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#67