Atheism - Default or Conscious Choice?

everyone has a religion and everyone is born with a religion. some others are not atheists. for me what no matter what and no one can make to someone today and tomorrow one another. I think another thing that we are such as God made ??us. nice day!

I don't think there is a unified body of atheists. The different ones that I have met and that were willing to discuss why and how they became atheists varied in their replies. Some atheists I've met do not want to discuss the subject or share their views. So I would have to say that there are different strokes for different atheists. If you are an atheist, how did you become one? If you are not, why are not one?

I am not an Atheist so I can only speak from observation. I have watched people loose their "faith" many times and become Atheists out of frustration with the established religions. This is sad because many of them were strong in their beliefs at one time. Other folks were raised Atheists. However, some people have spent much time thinking the whole thing thru and have come to an educated decision just as religious folks do. They firmly believe that there is no higher power and have many scientific elements to back up their belief. No one is "Born" to a religion. They are either taught or learn on their own.

I don't know. If you work on the premis that in the UK we are (perhaps were) all notionally born into one orthodox religion or another then the decision to become atheist has to be a conscious one. However, that accident of birth means that we each grow up reflecting the faith of our parents. In a secular society we are less likely to experience a religious home-life and so perhaps we are more likely to be born atheist, or at least ignorant of religion. In most cases I suspect that people don't know nor care.

Its been seeming to me, that Atheism is more of a default, then really a conscious choice, although it may seem that way to people who become atheist. From myself, personally, I was raised in a city that was quite christian, although my direct family was more... agnostic. In finding more about religion, I had and more disagreements with what the religious text was saying, and where the whole thing was going, and when I would have discussions with religious people about these things, it would often get more towards arguments, and in some cases, even physical. I just never wanted religion, something inside me never liked religion, I like things to be more in the direction of scientific, and I see no point to religion, it seems more like something that naturally happened to me, rather then any choice I made.

Yes atheism is a default for all humans because when we're born we know nothing about religion so we learn or pick it up. In the end it doesn't matter if you are atheism or not you are still a human being so lets stop making everything about religion.

I don't see any reason to think of it as anything but making a choice. However, I don't equate apathy to atheism, which I think I would have to do to think of it as simply a default.

Both. We are born atheist. We would not be a part of any religion if we were not taught it. However, when faced with the idea of theism, we can consciously choose what ideas make sense to us and which don't. I wouldn't say that people have a choice of what they believe. That is just the result of reasoning in our heads.

it is a conscious choise.

Atheists are always quick to say that 'they are not a religion.' Though I haven't known many people who proudly say they come from a 'good, long atheist tradition' ("well, my parents were atheist, and their parents were atheist, and THEIR ..."), it IS just as much a choice as religionists claim their religion is. But "atheist" is just a blanket-term for 'those whose worldview does not respect the existence of deity' (which includes some agnostics). Sure, there are 'levels' of Atheism (you could call them 'denominations,' but again "atheism IS NOT a religion!" ); but it's a whole class with many sub-classes, like 'we're all human, but not all the same.'