IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
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No one is born an atheist - because in order to be an atheist you have to have a concept of the theos (God or Gods) and then reject the belief in them.
However, people are born agnostic - that is, they do not 'know' the (or have a belief in an) answer to the question of existence.
The question in the main topic seems to be directed at Conservative Christians, Muslims, and Jews. Religious pluralism is not an issue for Liberal branches of Christianity because we accept other faiths and mystical practices as viable paths. Other religions are essentially the same as being German, French, or Italian, or Chinese; all viable ways of life. Essentially the mystical path is open to anyone who has the ability; and religion is a manmade framework which differs from culture to culture, language to language, and often community to community, but they are all means to lead to the same thing - we can call it the Sacred, we can call it God, etc...
A conservative theist would see religion as purely divine, and of course, they strugle with the question of religious pluralism.
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