JackBauer says Christian couples babies are born atheist. This can't make sence, can it? The Government says Atheist is a religion. How can a baby be born in a religion? It didn't choose.
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2006-08-21 21:48:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Children are actually born with the spirit,the holy spirit and they live with it until when the reach the age of accountability.Have you ever wondered why children forgive each other and play together again just within minutes of hurting each other? its because of the holy spirit working within them.Read Romans 7:9-10
2006-08-21 22:04:04 · answer #1 · answered by Knight 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Atheism is not a religion. It is the absence of religion. Babies would have to be born atheists because if they were born with a religion there would be only one religion. To say a child is born with a religion is saying that all children are born Budist and somehow most convert to something else later in life. Agnostics, believe in a higher power but question the organization of religion. Jack Bauer is saying that all children are born ignorant of a religious or faith structure.
2006-08-21 21:58:55 · answer #2 · answered by gawain37 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't think you are correct in classifying Athiesm as a religion. Furthermore, I'm not sure where you heard that the Government recognises Athiesm as a Religion.
Atheism is a philisiophical belief. Athiests do not believe in the existence of a God. Also, it is not unlikely that babies are able to understand complex concepts. This would make the stance that babies are unable to comprehend the concept of a god on any level a fair statement. From this, a claim that babies are born Athiest is not unreasonable.
2006-08-21 21:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by insideoutsock 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I completely agree. I'm working to becoming a child devel. psychologist it we believe religion and things like that are shaped by society and the parent. Babies into the world with reflexes and not thoughts. U can't have a reflex to be a Christian. In a way he is true because to be an Atheist, it means u don't believe in God or a higher power. So if babies have no concept of God, they can't believe in it. I get what he's saying but he probably just worded it wrong.
2006-08-21 22:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by K 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Babies are not born with intrinsic knowledge of religion. They are taught religion as they age. No matter what the government says, (separation of church and state ring a bell?), atheism is a lack of religion, not a religion itself. So Jack Bauer may be correct. If you have triplets born and adopted out to three separate families, one could end up Christian, one Morman, and one Muslim. It's all a matter of upbringing.
2006-08-21 21:56:30 · answer #5 · answered by dh1977 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The statement that babies are atheists is true, but trivial - They're only atheist in the same sense that rocks are atheist.. The term only gradually becomes meaningful as you gradually grow to be able to understand and evaluate such concepts.
Oh, and of course atheism is not a religion - Absence of religious belief cannot logically be the same as having a religious belief.
2006-08-21 22:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
the government is wrong ( as it often is) atheist is the lack of religion. Babies are born without religion. It is taught to them by their parents or others. Christians are notorious for force feeding religion to their children.
2006-08-21 21:57:01 · answer #7 · answered by konala 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's not biblical and you are right it doesn't make sense. Atheism to some is a religion but to me it's not and may not to others.
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2006-08-21 22:07:01 · answer #8 · answered by Pashur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that makes no sense - babies don't NOT belive in God, they don't know the concept, if anything that makes them agnostic
2006-08-21 21:53:31 · answer #9 · answered by zanevister 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋