Just wondering if there is any correlation with atheism and the age of a person. What are the statistics?
Random poll: Please answer with your age and belief.
I'm 21 and a Christian
2006-10-30 08:42:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Between early and mid twenties.
Atheist and a firm proponent of theological noncognitivism.
http://www.strongatheism.net/library/atheology/argument_from_noncognitivism/
2006-10-30 08:44:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I started questioning things when I was very young (before the age of 9) - would sit in bed and try to figure out god, existence -- would take god out and still be left with the puzzle. WhenI hit 20, I then went searching and was in a deep depression when I realized I couldn't believe. I tried -- I asked everyone and anyone, I read everything I could and was completely depressed that I couldn't get myself to believe. I searched for another 10 years and had an experience but the experience had NOTHING to do with what everyone says is god. So ... 10 years after that (41), I consider myself an atheist because I know that none of the images of god are correct.
2006-10-30 16:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably. When children are young they only believe what is taught to them and it is hard to undo this belief pattern. As you get older you come to the realization that religion is such a bunch of rediculous fairy tales and easy to see through. It is easy for example to tell the bible was not guided by any god but by men. The contradictions show this. A god would not tell you what not to do and tell you to do it in another situation. This is a human way of thinking. The bible says you are to be child-like which is to keep you easily manipulated. Christians are haters and claim to love and forgive. That is why they want the death penalty and are against abortion. Confusion and contradiction. No plucked out eyes in any churches and there are plenty that offend.
I am mature and an atheist.
2006-10-30 17:01:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmm, sort of like the old Bismark quote, "Anyone who isn't a socialist at age twenty has no heart, anyone who is still a socialist at age thirty has no brain."?
Well, I'm 45. I was born in Judaism, and still have family and cultural affinities with that religion. However, more and more, I'm drawn toward Buddhism. At no point in my life did I consider myself an atheist.
It has been my observation, however, that people often grow more religious with age, rather than less. I think as our mortality looms, we try to seek solace in the either the faith we were raised with or one we've acquired, so we don't have to face the possibility that our individual existence may have been essentially meaningless.
2006-10-30 16:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by Rico Toasterman JPA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
24 Christian
2006-10-30 16:44:56 · answer #5 · answered by Almack 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
25 Atheist
2006-10-30 16:45:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Generally you don't become an atheist until you mature enough to understand reason and logic. There are some very bright younger people who have been able to make the leap to rationality.
2006-10-30 17:02:27 · answer #7 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question.
I'm 36, and an atheist.
2006-10-30 16:46:15 · answer #8 · answered by Let Me Think 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm 23 and an agnostic.
2006-10-30 16:44:30 · answer #9 · answered by Este 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm 20 and agnostic
2006-10-30 16:45:26 · answer #10 · answered by hvjhv 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋