The most common answer I get is that they are agnostic. An agnostic is a person who believes that the human mind cannot know whether there is a God(s) or even an ultimate cause. Children lack the belief and thus makes it impossible for them to believe the concept. Agnostics describe them but that does not neccessarly meanthey are agnostic. It makes more sense to consider them Atheists since they lack the belief of God(s). What do you think?
2007-01-18 05:55:11 · 24 answers · asked by Maikeru 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, they aren't agnostic, they're atheists. They are without belief in the existence of gods. That makes them implicit atheists.
2007-01-18 05:57:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Infants and uniformed children are not Atheists, being an Atheist is a choice. It is not that the children lack belief, they have no concept of what "belief" is. What children have is wonder, it is only in contact with adults or older children who seek to give them a context for their wonder that it becomes shaped as a belief.
2007-01-18 06:04:10 · answer #2 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would consider children and infants to be agnostic. They believe that there is "something". Something that will look out for them, hear there crying, feed them, etc. Yes, that something usually turns out to be a parent, but they don't necessarily understand that. Or understand that adults don't have super-powers.
I consider atheists to believe that there are no god(s), not a lack of belief. Thus, until a child believes that there are no higher powers, they can't be atheist.
2007-01-18 06:02:48 · answer #3 · answered by Jean Talon 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Infants and children are "innocents". The terms Atheist and Agnostic only apply to adults, or maybe teenagers.
2007-01-18 06:05:36 · answer #4 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humm, no Atheists are not born that way, that to is a CHOICE! You are not an atheists until you have made the choice to be one so NOPE... in addition a baby or uninformed child under gods words would be protected.. and would be saved.. if you believe in that sort of thing.. So ya didn't STUMP THE CHUMPS with this one, NEXT!!
2007-01-18 06:05:01 · answer #5 · answered by James S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. By the proper definition, an atheist doesn't have a belief in a god. It doesn't matter if this is due to rational thought or not knowing what god is. Some irrational people like to change definitions--but you wouldn't expect anything less from an irrational person.
2007-01-18 05:59:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-07 08:42:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, they are just infants. Like you, you are just human, no matter what philosphy you choose to believe.
I don't believe in God, but I am not an Atheist nor am I agnostic, I 'm just a human with a bit of common sense.
2007-01-18 06:00:32 · answer #8 · answered by poopfairy 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, they are innocents, and even adults who have never been given to chance to learn or understand the truth are innocent. A lack of belief has to be a concious, informed, and willfull decision.
2007-01-18 05:59:48 · answer #9 · answered by isiseamenhotep 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I've always heard them referred to as innocent - prior to the age of accountability . . . when that "is" would depend on their ability to understand.
The unborn and the newly born are proceeding forward, growing toward their 'coming' of the age of accountability.
I say this . . . but I want to say this about that . . . I do not find that stated out-right in the scriptures . . . it is only inferred . . . it is a mystery in that the Bible does not address it
2007-01-18 06:10:50 · answer #10 · answered by Clark H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are children of God, and covered by his blood until they have reached the right age to make the choice on their own.
2007-01-18 06:00:37 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋