You only believe in God because you were told to believe in when you were a child

[Vorian]

And children believe EVERYTHING their parents tell them, and it remains ingrained in them very deep. Look up any psychological study, it's true. That's why you stick to your beliefs even when faced with concrete evidence against it.

cliffs: you don't believe in God because he exists, you believe in him because you were taught so. grow up

cliffs of cliffs (for the uneducated, majority fo religious people aren't very smart anyway lol): there is no God

[headinahole]

what's the point of this post other than flame bait?


Go eat some food skinny.

[Vorian]

Originally Posted by headinahole

what's the point of this post other than flame bait?


Go eat some food skinny.

Can't argue with op

[insert frog pic here]

Insult his stats

[homicidal_misc]

Nope.

[An hero]

Originally Posted by Vorian

And children believe EVERYTHING their parents tell them, and it remains ingrained in them very deep. Look up any psychological study, it's true. That's why you stick to your beliefs even when faced with concrete evidence against it.

cliffs: you don't believe in God because he exists, you believe in him because you were taught so. grow up

cliffs of cliffs (for the uneducated, majority fo religious people aren't very smart anyway lol): there is no God

tru dat brah

[rockyl686]

Extremely stupid premise, if that's the case then how did the belief in God come to exist in the first place?



the very first rational brain had no one to teach that God existed.

[An hero]

Originally Posted by rockyl686

Extremely stupid premise, if that's the case then how did the belief in God come to exist in the first place?

Somebody MADE IT UP, not that hard dude

[Large_Emu]

first rule of brainwashing - get them while they're young!

i was a christian because i went to a church primary school, but then i saw the light and grew out of it.

[powerman2000]

Originally Posted by Vorian

And children believe EVERYTHING their parents tell them, and it remains ingrained in them very deep. Look up any psychological study, it's true. That's why you stick to your beliefs even when faced with concrete evidence against it.

cliffs: you don't believe in God because he exists, you believe in him because you were taught so. grow up

cliffs of cliffs (for the uneducated, majority fo religious people aren't very smart anyway lol): there is no God

Hey dumbass, about 25% of all Christians, like me, were raised in secular homes with no parental influence in favor of anything spiritual.

So out of every 1 million Christians, 250,000 weren't told anything by their parents in this context.

You PHAILED

[An hero]

Originally Posted by powerman2000

Hey dumbass, about 25% of all Christians, like me, were raised in secular homes with no parental influence in favor of anything spiritual.

link?

[Large_Emu]

Originally Posted by powerman2000

Hey dumbass, about 25% of all Christians, like me, were raised in secular homes with no parental influence in favor of anything spiritual.

So out of every 1 million Christians, 250,000 weren't told anything by their parents in this context.

You PHAILED

So that would still be the majority still supporting OP's argument LOL

[rockyl686]

Originally Posted by An hero

Somebody MADE IT UP, not that hard dude

OP's premise was that the only reason you are religious is because you were taught to be religious.


That's not the same thing as what you say here, your theory has to do with manipulation as opposed to just an ingrained thought process, which is what his theory purports to say is true.

[JIGSAW.1]

Originally Posted by headinahole

what's the point of this post other than flame bait?


Go eat some food skinny.

bro...u actually read my mind word for word

[An hero]

Originally Posted by rockyl686

OP's premise was that the only reason you are religious is because you were taught to be religious.


That's not the same thing as what you say here, your theory has to do with manipulation as opposed to just an ingrained thought process, which is what his theory purports to say is true.

He said the only reason "YOU" are religious, not the only reason anyone in history has ever been religious. It's clear he's referring to white people in the modern western world (christians) or jews, arabs etc that are indoctrinated.

EDIT: lmao, let me guess, powerman negged op?

[rockyl686]

Originally Posted by Large_Emu

So that would still be the majority still supporting OP's argument LOL

yes it would still be the majority, however, the Op's argument was that the only reason that you believe is because your parents believe.

his argument was not that you believe because the majority of your parents taught you to believe.


might want to brush up on your reading comprehension

[rockyl686]

Originally Posted by An hero

He said the only reason "YOU" are religious, not the only reason anyone in history has ever been religious. It's clear he's referring to white people in the modern western world (christians) or jews, arabs etc that are idoctrinated.

are you really suggesting that if the notion of "God" were removed from society completely today as if it never existed, it would not once again crop up in the modern Western world?


LOL

[An hero]

Originally Posted by rockyl686

are you really suggesting that if the notion of "God" were removed from society completely today as if it never existed, it would not once again crop up in the modern Western world?


LOL

I doubt it, because we no longer have the need for a god to explain the universe. We have science for that now. Religion was just an early, failed attempt at science that evolved into a tool of manipulation,

[JBjunior]

Originally Posted by An hero

link?

Link proving otherwise? Preface this with the fact that I am not talking about any religion. It is impossible to find studies that aren't anti Atheist or similar on the internet but I am a psych major and there have been plenty of studies contrary to the OP. Of course you are not going to believe in Jesus or any other entity without being taught but believing in God is a natural occurrence. Now whether that is just something ingrained to add extra meaning to our lives or not, it is natural for children to feel that there is a higher power.

Who negged OP?

[rockyl686]

Originally Posted by An hero

I doubt it, because we no longer have the need for a god to explain the universe. We have science for that now. Religion was just an early, failed attempt at science that evolved into a tool of manipulation,

are you really this naive?



You think a couple of good hucksters could not once again come up with the idea of this in an attempt to control the week willed the spineless and the day dreamers?


for your theory to hold true at this exact moment in time, we would have to have the answers to every single question the universe, is that the case?

[powerman2000]

Originally Posted by An hero

He said the only reason "YOU" are religious, not the only reason anyone in history has ever been religious. It's clear he's referring to white people in the modern western world (christians) or jews, arabs etc that are indoctrinated.

EDIT: lmao, let me guess, powerman negged op?

Wow, you're a racist.

[Civicz]

Originally Posted by Vorian

And children believe EVERYTHING their parents tell them, and it remains ingrained in them very deep. Look up any psychological study, it's true. That's why you stick to your beliefs even when faced with concrete evidence against it.

cliffs: you don't believe in God because he exists, you believe in him because you were taught so. grow up

cliffs of cliffs (for the uneducated, majority fo religious people aren't very smart anyway lol): there is no God

So dumb, come back when youv been to school.

[headinahole]

Originally Posted by Levrone147

bro...u actually read my mind word for word

I'm not even religious, agnostic/atheist if you wanted to classify it, I just respect people's personal choices. I don't care if you worship the god of sun dried raisins.....

[powerman2000]

Originally Posted by rockyl686

yes it would still be the majority, however, the Op's argument was that the only reason that you believe is because your parents believe.

his argument was not that you believe because the majority of your parents taught you to believe.


might want to brush up on your reading comprehension

He has selective reading syndrome.

[Large_Emu]

Originally Posted by headinahole

I'm not even religious, agnostic/atheist if you wanted to classify it, I just respect people's personal choices. I don't care if you worship the god of sun dried raisins.....

i think we have quite a lot of reason to worship the sun considering life would not be possible without it.

[An hero]

Originally Posted by powerman2000

Wow, you're a racist.

I am? I wasn't aware, but if you say I am it must be true

[headinahole]

Originally Posted by Large_Emu

i think we have quite a lot of reason to worship the sun considering life would not be possible without it.

Without disrespecting anyone..


That honestly makes more sense to me, at least we can see/need the sun.

[rockyl686]

Originally Posted by headinahole

I'm not even religious, agnostic/atheist if you wanted to classify it, I just respect people's personal choices. I don't care if you worship the god of sun dried raisins.....

if more atheists were like you then maybe atheists as a whole would not always get such a bad rap.

[Captain Harris]

Thank you, OP. With arguments like this, I'm sure Atheists will be seen in a much better light than they already are.

[potatoe]

Not even, both my parents are atheist, I converted at 16. u mad?

[headinahole]

Originally Posted by rockyl686

if more atheists were like you then maybe atheists as a whole would not always get such a bad rap.

thanks.

Fwiw, I went to church 2x a week up until I was like.. 14.