Albert Einstein believed in God until the age of 12. Religion or lack thereof, has no bearing on one's intelligence or ability to rationally think. It's all genetics. If a kid has a 200 IQ, he's going to think rationally no matter what.

That sounds great. We should be glad when our young kids remain innocent and imaginative a little longer.

Yet another sensationalist title as if it was important for 5 to 6 year olds to distinguish fact from fiction.

Just in case you are young and don't understand child development, the average 5 to 6 year old (kindergartener) is just starting to learn about fact or fiction and isn't expected to be good at telling the difference until a little older.

Here is the thing about being an atheist that I don't understand. An atheist sees no proof of a God and thus concludes that there isn't one but in order to prove something as fact, one must prove it as so first. So basically, an atheist is no different than a believer because they both believe in something without any factual evidence at all.

The only group that's being logical here, scientifically speaking, are agnostics because they actually believe LIKE a scientist. God may or may not exist but until further proof is given either way, they arent going to commit.

Oh but no matter what you are somebody will criticize it and tell you you're something else.

Theist criticism of atheists:

- So you have absolute faith that there is no god?  You really could be a theist.

Theist criticism of agnostics:

- There is no middle ground.  You either live believing in god or you don't, therefore you are either theist or atheist.

- If you can't be certain, how can you be certain that you are uncertain?

Atheist criticism of agnostics:

- Being on the fence is cowardice.

Basically, the goal of the human race is simple. We should not strive to eradicate personal belief but rather embrace the different types of beliefs that people have. It's only then, when we evlove to accept differences at a basic, genuine and compassionate level, religious or otherwise, that we can ever truly move towards a common goal and put an end to suffering and war.

^This!

Everyone is too busy trying to promote their ideologies that we forget this basic and most simple thing.

It's actually possible to be atheist and agnostic at the same time. Being an atheist means you simply lack belief in a god. You can still lack that belief whilst admitting the possibility that we may yet discover evidence in the future, however, unlikely that may be.

1. It's a lack of belief. Asking for evidence before accepting a philosophical position isn't a belief.

2. That's not an atheistic cultural system. That's different cultural systems adopting atheist views. Do you honestly think communism was an atheist culture and not a political ideology?

3. Atheists tend to have a wide variety of world views. Your sterotypes really don't hold a lot of weight.

4. What's organised about atheists? They're so ridiculously varied in attitudes about everything else that there is no stucture to it.

There are atheist churchs and communities, group meetings around the globe i don't know how you cannot make the connection.. Agnostic means you withhold from making a decision,atheists minds are already made up so no you can not be both.