Another religious thread of speculation

Basically the author is an atheist who claims everyone is an atheist at birth. From birth forward people are succumbed by religion based on the beliefs of their guardian's who may or may not be religious.

The assumption is babies and adolescences take on the beliefs of their guardians.
The is just garbidy-gook of the author's belief toward atheism.

I apologize for contents of this article. I failed to understand the stupidity of the article.
Imagine babies and adolescences learning from their guardians??
 
This is an occasionally expressed description of atheism, and not anything new. I never took time to seriously consider it. [edit: This one contains ideas I have not seen in the usual arguments]. Logically, some generalizations one makes about either atheism or theism are subject to flaws. Atheism and theism are personal, so it's difficult to make generalizations that apply universally to each position.
 
Aunt Bea said:
Why would an atheist care? 🤔
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Atheists can care very much but too often get caught up in deciding whether or not "a god" exists, as if there was such a class of beings. A much more productive inquiry is "what is it about God/gods which has so greatly influenced cultures for so long and almost everywhere people have lived?" Just because a god/God is the word used doesn't mean it must be something simple to categorize. By accepting the question of existence as defining the subject atheists miss out. Much better to ask "what is this really about?"
 
Mr. Ed said:
Basically the author is an atheist who claims everyone is an atheist at birth. From birth forward people are succumbed by religion based on the beliefs of their guardian's who may or may not be religious.

The assumption is babies and adolescences take on the beliefs of their guardians.
The is just garbidy-gook of the author's belief toward atheism.

I apologize for contents of this article. I failed to understand the stupidity of the article.
Imagine babies and adolescences learning from their guardians??
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Imagine the author using terms like "cognitive dissonance" without looking up what they mean.
 
every once in a while, perhaps more times than not, I am reminded of the deceitfulness of parental guidance. My parents were consumed with the concept of sin and forgiveness. So much my mother believed church was religion were the answer to everything. My dad, on the other hand failed miserably at parenthood and respect.
i knew something was wrong with their parenting skills, but did not realize until later in life how dysfunctional our family was. I realize that was on them but forcing Christianity on me gives me reason to question that particular worldview as I questioned and learn to doubt my parents.
 
I don't know why atheists are so worried by those who believe in God.
We will all find out for sure when we breathe our last. I think believers have less to lose!
 
When Albert Einstein taught at many universities in the United States, the recurring question that students asked him was always the same: “Do you believe in God?"

Einstein always gave the same answer: "I believe in the God of Spinoza."

Baruch Spinoza was an important philosopher who lived during the seventeenth century. His philosophy is very much based on logic, so much so as to identify God as the geometric order of the world, which manifests itself in the perfection of Nature. His thought can be condensed into one of his most famous expressions: Deus sive natura: God or Nature .

It is possible to imagine that Spinoza's thought was not well received at the time, but perhaps it is not today: the God that Spinoza preaches is a God of freedom, detached from the human actions of forgiveness and punishment. Spinoza was one of the philosophers who brought life back into the hands of the person who lives it.

Einstein fully embraced the geometric and natural view of God. A concept that can make us reflect on what religion is for us and can broaden our views.
 
spectratg said:
When Albert Einstein taught at many universities in the United States, the recurring question that students asked him was always the same: “Do you believe in God?"

Einstein always gave the same answer: "I believe in the God of Spinoza."

Baruch Spinoza was an important philosopher who lived during the seventeenth century. His philosophy is very much based on logic, so much so as to identify God as the geometric order of the world, which manifests itself in the perfection of Nature. His thought can be condensed into one of his most famous expressions: Deus sive natura: God or Nature .

It is possible to imagine that Spinoza's thought was not well received at the time, but perhaps it is not today: the God that Spinoza preaches is a God of freedom, detached from the human actions of forgiveness and punishment. Spinoza was one of the philosophers who brought life back into the hands of the person who lives it.

Einstein fully embraced the geometric and natural view of God. A concept that can make us reflect on what religion is for us and can broaden our views.
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Yes, but what if God sits outside the universe? Why should He necessarily be in it --part of or subject to its silly laws, like time, gravity, speed of light and so forth?
 
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