| ninetailschris said: 3. Non-resistantly isn't a word from any dictionary I read. So, I will use non-resistant instead. Nonresistant: Not resistant . So, I assume the argument is that there shouldn't be anyone that unaware that weren't influenced? Correct me if I am wrong because the double negative is making the sentence confusing a bit(referring to "non-resistantly unaware".) From Dr Justin Barrett, a senior researcher at the University of Oxford's Centre for Anthropology and Mind. ""The preponderance of scientific evidence for the past 10 years or so has shown that a lot more seems to be built into the natural development of children's minds than we once thought, including a predisposition to see the natural world as designed and purposeful and that some kind of intelligent being is behind that purpose," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "If we threw a handful on an island and they raised themselves I think they would believe in God." More from the Dr. Barrett, "Dr Barrett claimed anthropologists have found that in some cultures children believe in God even when religious teachings are withheld from them. "Children's normally and naturally developing minds make them prone to believe in divine creation and intelligent design. In contrast, evolution is unnatural for human minds; relatively difficult to believe."
Article for full read. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/3512686/Children-are-born-believers-in-God-academic-claims.html But as you can see the argument falls flat from here. Thank you! |
Let's stay on point 3 since that's the first point you disagree with.
Non-resistant nonbelief is nonbelief through no fault of the nonbeliever.
Not sure how your post proves anything. You've just proven that some people have a natural tendency to believe in God (even if illogical). Are you making the argument that because some people are predisposed to believe in God, that means all people are? What about the people born into cultures where most people don't believe in God? Or we could take it a step further and talk about the children born into families that strongly believe that no God exists? Are you willing to argue that these children's natural curiousity is stronger than their natural urge to accept societal norms?
Clearly some people don't believe in God through no fault of their own.
And if we're talking about the Christian God, then you really have no grounds here. Since even if we assume that every person does have these predispositions, many people would follow the wrong religion due to their culture's belief, through no fault of their own.
