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Originally Posted by Cheese
IF anyone's parents,or grandparents for that matter, take a young child to church, that implies that the decision is made for that child.
IF however a child is given the opportunity to explore everything themselves without a parent telling them that this choice is "what they should do" it is highly unlikely that that child would select the religion of choice. Call it what you want, just trying to prove a point.
A child born in Afghanistan is likely a Muslim.
A child in Texas is a Christian
A child in Asia is likely a Buddhist
That has nothing to do with the choice of the child.
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So then a child that is the son or daughter of an athiest has no choice but to be an athiest since the parents will not expose them to any religion but will be told that there isn't a god. Therefore the choice is made for those children.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on the fact that children's choices are made for them just based upon what they are exposed to. I won't disagree that there is an influence but the choice a child makes will ultimately be the childs choice not the parents.