Are we born believing in God?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7745000/7745514.stm
"I think it's possible for them to be told that gods do not exist, and therefore override the natural propensity, but if we threw a handful of children on an island that raised themselves, I think they would end up religious."
I love how this guy thinks he has honest to goodness evidence proving babies are born with a predisposition towards religious thought, as though a natural curiosity and desire to unravel things that can't easily be explained is proof that secular families are squashing their child's blossoming faith.
"I think it's possible for them to be told that gods do not exist, and therefore override the natural propensity, but if we threw a handful of children on an island that raised themselves, I think they would end up religious."
I love how this guy thinks he has honest to goodness evidence proving babies are born with a predisposition towards religious thought, as though a natural curiosity and desire to unravel things that can't easily be explained is proof that secular families are squashing their child's blossoming faith.