Let say you were born into another religion other than Christianity, let say you were a Hindu in India, or a Buddhist in China, or a Muslim in Malaysia,
would you still be an atheist?
2007-03-10 20:55:09 · 17 answers · asked by Adia Azrael 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Me, yes. I have no reason to believe in any God(s). Your inclusion of Buddhism is interesting because it does not need gods.
2007-03-10 20:59:48 · answer #1 · answered by U-98 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
More an agnostic but, if born muslim, yes. I f born into hindu or buhhism, maybe. It is the religions like chrisitanity and Islam that require strict adherence to a self contradictory doctrin that first drove me away.
The idea of god is not inherently self-contradictory it is the idea of god as the christians or muslims draw him that makes no sense.
Yea, a loving god that has a hell? An Omnipotent god that needs to sacrifice himself so that he can do what he wants? I could go on and on.
The open ended nature of the other religions, while not proving them, does not prove them to be impossible.
2007-03-11 06:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by Zarathustra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.
If I were any of those religions, chances are I would have been born somewhere else to different parents, different opportunities, and a completely different life.
If the only thing that changed was the religion I was raised in - and all other things about my life and myself were the same, then yes, I would still be an atheist.
2007-03-11 06:00:58 · answer #3 · answered by Snark 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I was born an atheist and it is definitely right for me, but I'd much rather be a Hindu, Buddhist, or Muslim than a Christian.
2007-03-11 06:02:35 · answer #4 · answered by gelfling 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's assuming that personality would win out over environmental factors. I imagine you could do some study involving twins, but beyond that, it's hard to say.
That's a really interesting question: are religious tendencies hereditary or environmental? Certainly, most people belong to Religion X because their parents did also, but is there a common set of traits that tends to produce atheists from religious upbringings?
2007-03-11 06:04:11 · answer #5 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it wouldnt matter what religion I was born into. I believe in facts and reality that I have learnt at school through cience and through life. Not the teachings of 2000 year old books that have nothing to do with reality.
2007-03-11 06:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by clever investor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if I would be able to break free of the pressures in those religions and places to have a critical enough mind to become an atheist.
2007-03-11 07:00:20 · answer #7 · answered by Count Acumen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I'm pretty sure I would. I wasn't taught to be an Atheist, I became one all by myself. If Atheism had been required of me, things would be different. But this is a path I sought out myself.
2007-03-11 07:19:28 · answer #8 · answered by ThePeter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most atheists are just skeptical by nature, so i would say yes. i'd be interested to see if christians here actually believe they wouldn't be Muslims if they were born and raised in an islamic society. i bet they would, but they wouldn't admit it.
2007-03-11 06:04:01 · answer #9 · answered by ajj085 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I weren't brainwashed into joining that religion by my surroundings, presumably yes, I would be an Atheist.
2007-03-11 21:08:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋