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Originally Posted by Azure
Different POV, I guess. 
Now you assume that theists automatically follow an organized religion. Which isn't exactly true. I do agree that Christian parents will take their children to church...sunday school, etc, etc....but if you understand religion...or Christianity for that matter...you'd know there is a whole lot more to that belief then just going to church.
Yet atheists can tell their children...there is no God..I don't believe in God...I won't tell you that a God 'could' exist..etc, etc. Just like a Christian can tell their kids...God is this...God is that. |
Point #1 first...although organized religion is changing rapidly and numbers associated with organized religion is also falling...a 2001 study found...
52% of Americans identified themselves as Protestant.
24.5% are Roman Catholic.
1.3% are Jewish.
0.5% are Muslim, followers of Islam
14.1% do not follow any organized religion.
So based on the "actual" numbers...yep I do believe that the vast majority of theists follow an organized religion. That study does suggest that by 2042 non-christians will outnumber christians...but thats a ways away yet.
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Now the 2nd point...There are literally hundreds of religions that dont believe in Gods as well....Im sure they tell their children they dont believe either. This is not a simple Atheist vs Christian topic.
An Atheist does not have to prove or disprove a God...we simply dont believe, so we dont get into the discussion. My kids rarely if ever bring home a religious topic unless its something a classmate brings up....but that something is usually trivial...like Noahs Ark, or Adam and Eve. My kids are living eyes wide open....they see those for the fairy tales they are.
Here is a good video...1 in a series of 6...find the other 5 if you like.