Do you think:
A- he'll look around him and decide that there is a God..
B- Won't really notice.
What I mean is.... does human instinct have anything to do with it? Like do we naturally seek a God to worship?
2007-04-14 10:22:15 · 25 answers · asked by Saritta 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Emrod.. I believe you know the definition of relegion... I'm talking about the people who are totally clueless.
2007-04-14 10:27:23 · update #1
I think he would naturally seek a Higher Power at some point. If you look at all cultures who ever existed--they have had some sort of religion. Show me a people that has no religion, unless atheism is imposed on them. People naturally gravitate toward that Higher Power. Plus, there are themes that run through humanity--there are similar religious stories, no matter what culture you look at throughout the world--even if they have had no contact with other cultures. To me, this suggests that we have a natural tendency programmed into our mind or spirit that seeks out our Father in Heaven.
2007-04-14 10:31:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you study anthropology, you will see that many remote cultures do not believe in "God" as people do in the West. Many of these cultures have their own spirituality and rituals which come from their intimacy with nature. I think people universally look for some kind of reason for things, many of which we have explained with science. For example, tribes may search for the meaning behind infertility, drought, or a fatal illness. Most of them have not come to the conclusion that a single deity is responsible for anything. So, if a child was raised in the modern world without being indoctrinated or exposed to religion, I would say B.
2007-04-14 10:34:12 · answer #2 · answered by lei 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Such a child would probably be more open to spiritual experiences than a child who was purposely raised either to believe that there is no God, or a child who has "faith" pumped into him with his formula...
I believe that God is able to draw that child to Himself through the power of the Holy Spirit. There have been too many examples of people who knew little or nothing at all about the Christian God who have had these epiphanies to simply ignore.
2007-04-14 12:16:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless the child lives in a remote area, or third world country where the teaching of Jesus reach few if any people, He will through his interaction with friends and acquaintences, be exposed to religion in some way. Whether, he will accept it, and accept Christ as Lord and Savior is up to him.I went to Catholic schoola as a young kid, and I didn't decide to become a Catholic until about 5 years ago. I am now 59. I love being a Catholic, and I ask myself sometime why it took me so long. But I don't like to question God's timetable .
2007-04-14 10:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Totally depends on the kid.
If he's curious he may decide that he wants to look into Christianity, or he may look into another religion with more than one God.
He also may continue going on not believing in God, whether he looks into it or not.
And considering the amount of religions that believe in MORE THAN ONE God, it kind of seems more likely that he would decide to join one of those religions, it just seems more reliable.
Almost a majority rules thing.
And no, I do not think he would grow up to be some Satan worshiping serial rapist.
that is very unlikely, and very naive for anyone to think.
2007-04-14 10:27:54 · answer #5 · answered by kandeee101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are all born with a need for relationship. Even sinners have meetings where they do comparable worship, just not of God. Hey, look at Woodstock.
But your "what if" question would never apply because God made sure all men will be accountable. Why would anyone be given an excuse before the almighty God?
2007-04-14 10:29:43 · answer #6 · answered by JohnFromNC 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If he/she is educated and can reason, eventually he/she will ask questions that people do not have definitive answers for (such as what happens when we die.)
At that point, he/she will have to choose based on his/her own personal beliefs and feelings, since we have no evidence to show him/her.
We are naturally curious creatures, so it is in our nature to want to know the answers to the big questions, whether we are given religion or not.
2007-04-14 10:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans naturally try to find God. There are very few cultures in the world that do not worship some type of god or gods.
It is the job of Christians to tell others about Jesus. That way they will know about God.
2007-04-14 10:27:56 · answer #8 · answered by kitty21 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There was a tribe in the east that had never heard anything about God. However, they realized for some reason that there must be only 1 God, so they prayed and a pair of lost missionaries somehow wandered into their camp and shared the gospel with them.
This is a true story
So I will answer "A"
2007-04-14 10:27:30 · answer #9 · answered by Lomoco 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
You are talking about me. I was born and raised without knowing anything about the religions, apart from the nativity, which I thought was a story that just happened to be trotted out around Christmas time.
Nothing has come to me, ever.
2007-04-14 10:25:32 · answer #10 · answered by the_emrod 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋