Are human beings born as Atheists, Agnostics or Theists?

Canada
August 25, 2007 10:39am CST
Some say your born atheist because you are born a skeptic, and human beings are naturally skeptic and require proof for everything that is said. Others say your born agnostic because you have no idea whats going on in the world and have no opinions on it yet.. And others say your born a theist because children are angels, or children have a little bit of god in them or they were just hanging out with god before they were born or something like that. What answer seems more reasonable to you? What do you think human beings are born as?
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@soadnot (1606)
• Canada
25 Aug 07
It seems that although we are born skeptic, ultimately, we have no views on the world.
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• United States
26 Aug 07
Definitely NOT! People have innate characteristics and make their decisions about God, atheism, etc. with knowledge they have. Some do a lot of research, others do not at all. It is an individual decision and not something we are born with. sunnywaters
• Canada
26 Aug 07
so you think we are born agnostic. right?
@urbandekay (18278)
26 Aug 07
Human beings are born without the conceptual ability necessary to be any of the above. all the best urban
• United States
26 Aug 07
What seems more reasonable? Born as an agnostic.Because there are people that don't have a skeptical bone in their body. And there are others that may seem as angels , but who knows/ bur as an agnostic or lets say a blank canvas, you are shaped by your experiences and education or lack of it.What is so great, you have freedom of choice. You can be bor into the most religious family and stil you can be an atheist. Or the opposite.You can be brought up in an atheist house, and still become religious.
• United States
26 Aug 07
I don't find Fighting... thinks I have lost my free will just because I believe in G-d and he doesn't Lottery..
@Galena (9110)
25 Aug 07
I would say most likely Agnostic. atheists beleive there is no deity, just as much as theists beleive there is one. a baby neither beleives there is no god, or beleives there is one.
@yemberzal (301)
• India
25 Aug 07
a child does not come out of womb of his or her own. Infact, the child inside womb is so comfortable that he or she weeps when he or she opens the eyes. The new born does not like this world altogether. So the child when opens his or her eyes in the world , he or she is sinless hence close to God.
• Canada
26 Aug 07
mmmhmm.. okay..
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
25 Aug 07
I guess I would have to say "agnostic" because children don't seem to have inborn religious opinions at all. Being either atheist or theist would require some form of opinion or decision, and I don't think a baby would have made one yet. Having had a baby just last spring, it certainly didn't seem to me that he was born with some kind of religious belief. In fact, 15 months later he still seems to be working on learning about things like "If I slam my head into something, it hurts." Brilliant boy that he is, that one's taking him a while to get. =P My own religious beliefs would tell me that my own Gods look after my child because he is important to me, and I am their follower and ask it of them. But that doesn't mean he believes in them, or that he has any knowledge of such.
• United States
25 Aug 07
I think human beings are born as babies and that God gives everyone a "free will" to choose their ways and to make their own decisions. People we have in our lives can also influence how we think and what we become.