What is lowest age when a person become an atheist without anyone in-sighting him?

Question

As we all know a man believes in God as they are brainwashed when young.A child has lower intelligence and reasoning power than an adult.So it is more difficult for a child to become an atheist than an adult.Many adults still believe in God.
I became an atheist at 8 without anyone in-sigthing me.I did not know what atheism what or there were atheists other than me.My family is orthodox.
Atheists at what age did you became one?Did anyone in-sight you?

Answer 1

whatever age you see that God isn't running things here.

Answer 2

I'm like Optid, a non-theist raised by Buddhists. I remember being uncomfortable with saying "One nation under God" when I was reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in sixth grade because I knew that my family and I didn't believe in the Christian God. At age 12, I was depressed and tried praying to the Protestant god for a week, but nothing changed. So, I tried praying to the Buddha of Mercy, but again, nothing changed. After my last day of prayer, I cried, feeling helpless and thinking that the gods either didn't exist or didn't care. But I soon stopped crying, after I realized that I could be proactive and solve my own problems. I looked out my bedroom window and thought how other people might have problems similar to mine. I figured, if I could solve my problems, I could also help solve other people's problems. We could all help solve our own and each others problems. That's when I became an atheist and progressive, without knowing the words "atheism" and "progressives" or knowing any atheist, progressive individuals.

Answer 3

No one has offered me any insight, which is why I have been an athiest from birth. My parents are Buddhists, but either believed that I would naturally be one too, or didn't feel particulary inclined to make me become one. I had hardly any clue about what Buddhism was about until I was about 10, and by then, I had already had enough science at school to know there was no all- dominating God to lend a hand in everyday life, nor judge me for my every flaw.

Answer 4

When I was about 10 or 11 I started to realise that with all the pain in the world, then the god everyone kept telling me about wasn't quite as nice as they said. By the time I was 13 or 14 I had come to the conclusion that no supreme being would allow so much suffering in the world. Whenever I asked about all the problems, I was told that it was the work of satan, but as satan was supposedly one of gods creations, then that still meant that god was ultimately responsible.
When I realised this, I found I could no longer believe in any gods.

Answer 5

Everyone in my family believes in God except my daughter who has never believed.

Ironically she attended parochial school from age 4 to 13 and that is where she began to express doubts.

Finally with no prodding from the family she decided she is an atheist.

Answer 6

Actually I believe that many children may have a greater intelligence and reasoning power than the the person asking this question.

Atheism is like telling someone what Pittsburgh is like without ever having been there!


I think that atheism is just the "kids" new fad for trying to hate somebody. What with political correctness and all the children can't express their fear for people of other protected classes without their "cool" (probably not the cool word now) friends getting in their face. Bashing any other religion besides Christianity seems to be out for the same reason. Most of this seems to be aimed at Christianity, probably because of rebellion against Mommy and Daddy who are mostly Christian. It is evident that they have no concept of what they are talking about so I can only conclude that its a little boy or little girl or some other unread person trying to shock somebody ina pathetic plea for attention. Little do they know that nobody really cares about some dufis acting out. I wouldn't worry about it, once they have to start making their own way in the world they will not have time to play spoiled brat.

Answer 7

Atheist is what everybody is to begin with.
Then for some, schizoid delusional mental disorder are encouraged by a form of insiduous brainwashing.
Fortunately many are able to resist it.
Not all. But a new drug called zyprexa is now available to treat those schyzoid symptoms so there is hope ....
Ramen !

Answer 8

My first realization was in the fourth grade when after the sacrament of confirmation a strange parent to a friend of mine started asking if I felt it . to which being innocent and honest I realized no I didn't feel a thing but he wouldn't stop harrassing me until I humored him with a yes i feel it .. that was my first lie insighted by the foistings of Mr. Goodman was his name oddly or ironically enough. twenty to thirty years later I had my reverse epiphany as usually people convert to a deity this way but i'm greatful I did.
peace

Answer 9

I don't think that all who believe in God are brainwashed. You can never make someone believe something that they don't want to or don't agree with.

How come when someone believes in God, they are brainwashed and when someone is an atheist they are not?

Believing in God comes out of having a relationship with Him. If you've never gotten to know Him, then you obviously cannot believe in Him and believe me, you are missing out on a lot.

Answer 10

yes, I was very young. I remember being five or six and having thoughts which later led to me becoming an atheist, which I "officially" decided at age 15. But yeah, I think I always was one. And it was also without influence.

Answer 11

I didn't have any knowledge on any religion until I was 12. So, I was... i dunno.... That's when someone told me about this thing called a holy bible.

That's when I turned atheist. That' when I wanted to escape the evils. But, the more I tried to get away, the more I figured out there were...