Why are childern as young as 9 ask wheather they think God exists and what they think he effecting there life?
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Before adults write their own autobiographical scripts upon children, the very young children remain innately close to God !
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The reality is that most PEOPLE of average or better intelligence (let alone scientists!) seriously question the existence of god, but understand that it is easier just to go along with this popular myth. If god did in fact create everything, he did kind of a crappy job (what's an appendix for? why did he make malaria? why do babies get cancer? why do priests molest children? why did so many Jews perish in WWII? Was Hitler more powerful than god?), so that's why people don't believe.  Even if there is a god, clearly he is neither omnipotent nor truly benevolent.  Do you have a family member with cancer? Do they deserve it?
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Where most religious people think to see "proof" of God, an objective person will only see something that usually can be explained by smthg else. The point is that the average human is not much aware of modern science (like cutting edge cosmology, quantum physics, abiogenesis, and the like) and just ignore the many possibilities for other explanations alternative to "God". \n\nThere is no such thing as "scientific proof" of the existence of God. No matter what religious people say.\nWe don´t really need the "God theory" to explain things in this universe. They can be explained by more conventional means. \n\nThe problem is that science is just too young compared to culture and tradition. \nMankind, my friend, is still at its childhood, and it still loves fairytales when going to bed.
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I noticed people become more believing when they get older...I think for a lot of people the thought that when you die, you cease to exist is difficult to comprehend, so there must be a God overseeing the afterlife...
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My son is almost 11 and he still believes. As long as your son believes and you keep that alive then why should have you have to tell him. Yeah, kids will probably tell him there is no such thing, just like they have done with my son, but he has never not believed and he tells them that they should open their hearts and minds. Good luck and remember let him be a kid as long as you can. They grow up too fast as it is. Happy holidays!
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I love the fact that you allow them to find out for themselves. I am so glad my parents never forced me to believe or not believe in what they believe in.\n\nThe subject God is not something anybody can ever make someone understand or believe in. It's more of a personal journey out of a longing and desire to understand our place in this Universe.\n\nSo just let them find out on their own path. I think it's important to teach kids good values and good character qualities because what we put out comes back to us.
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I dont think people neccessarily need "God"... people just need "something" to believe in. When you think about it, people believe in God because they need a purpose in their life. They need to believe that there is a reason to live...something to look forward to, something to believe in. For some people, its God, for others its buddah, or the Sun.. and for me... its karma. I believe I exist because things happen for a reason... and good things will come to those who do good things. To me, all of those things are the same... its just how people conceptualize them and what they do with it. :)
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Its easy, they've been indoctrinated to believe these things from birth, and almost nothing, including logic, will tear them from the oppression of their ideas of how the world works.\n\nThe older a christian, the harder it will be to change their mind\n\n-Nick
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The reason so many cower to a god that so obviously has the emotional stability of an 8 year old, is that most people have the emotional stability of a 6 year old.  The same reason that so few people go into entrepreneurship, or really do what they want to do with their life - fear and insecurity.  Most people want a quick, easy mission in life that gives them a warm fuzzy.
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because people are led to believe that god controls everything in there lives. \n\nmeaning he made them kick the chair with there toe. or he made them crash the car. etc....\n\nwich isnt true. god doesnt control your everylast move and thought. the people are simply going by something they were tought. \n\nthey also blame him when they have no one to blame. because of the same reason above.
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Of course everyone is born an atheist. Adults believe in a great variety of religions, but you'll never see a 3 year old who believes in something different than their parents. They just believe whatever mumbo-jumbo is shoved down their young throats at home.....
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I am not a Christian but it would see the answer to the beginning is refering to that of man's exist not God.\n\nAs for what cam first, God or existence, you have to stop thinking linerally.  That is a problem that humans have we think of time as a river or stream.  When thinking of existences of gods we have to think in the realm of all time.
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There are of course many reasons why people choose to deny God. (I'm going to assume we are specifically referring to the God of the Christian/Jewish Bible).\n\nNow I realize that the reasons people choose to deny God not only depends on age, sex, and race, but also on the era and culture they grow up in. I will list some of the more practical and common reasons why I personally believe people today deny God referring specifically to people in America.\n\n1. Most people just don't care. It's true, most people don't care about the issue of God. They care more about their current needs and problems such as earning money, feeding their children, and surviving. So these types of people don't really care about belief in God because they don't see how having that "belief" will put food on the table.\n\n2. A lot of people grew up in traditional Catholic homes where the parents were harsh and strict and beat "religion" into their kids (not physically) and sternly commanded strict adherence to "no sex," "go to Church," "do this and don't do that." Of course when the children got old enough they completely rebelled, ditched Church, immediately started having lots of sex, hated religion, and cared only about the pleasures of this life. A further problem is that the parents teach the children to adhere and practice certain traditions without telling the children the meaning or importance of them. Naturally the children grow up believing these Church traditions are meaningless and useless and are angry that they had to follow them when they were younger. These types of people have felt “repressed” by religion for so long that they want little or nothing to do with it.\n\n3. Self-denial and the art of philosophy. A lot of people whether consciously or subconsciously deny that God exists and use lots of excuses to validate their denial. This is of course the position the NT holds in reference to how people willfully choose to deny God even though He clearly manifests Himself in the things that are seen (the intricate order of the universe, earth, life itself). They may choose to deny God by claiming that, “nothing is real,” “nothing can be proven,” “we can’t really tell if we even exist,” etc. You get the idea. Before anyone believes in God, for one reason or another they fall into this category, meaning that everyone has “inwardly” chosen rebellion and denial of God when we truly “know better.” This position only makes sense to those that are believers. These types of people deny God’s existence based on the fact that since we can never truly know what’s real or not, then nothing truly matters, including God.\n\n4. Sin is fun. If it wasn't people wouldn't do it. People like the temporary (and fleeting) high of sin. They of course gloss over and choose to deny the inevitable consequences (death, suffering, pain, etc.). But regardless, sin is quite tempting and it pays off (if only temporarily) and believing in God would mean they'd have to stop. Who would want to do that? These types of people reject God because everything He’s against feels too good to give up.\n\n5. Pop-culture. "Rational," "civilized," and "educated" minds have persuaded our culture, which inevitably persuaded our media, (which in turn persuaded our culture even more), that there is no absolute right or wrong, and that all of us are free to do what we "feel" is right and wrong. Once you take away absolute right and wrong God becomes a rather huge contradiction, and no one likes believing in a contradiction. Many religions are seen as “intolerant” and therefore are “narrow-minded.” If there are no absolutes, then God is not "the" truth. All religions are “up-for-grabs,” anything can be believed in whether it be paganism, the occult, philosophy, humanism, etc. Anything can be the truth, and th
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Because they have never encounted anything that convinced them of a god's existence. Please read the FAQ linked below which explains in more detail.
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its a child which asks the most profound questions....\n\nwhat is god, what is life, what is religion, what is this...what is that....what is anything, what is everything....\n\nits in a childs mind that wisdom dwells......adults kill the childs mind by ignoring those sensitive aspect of human growth.....or even worse give a wrong answer....n the child stops thinking....\n\nyou are brain dead the moment you stop asking questions coz every moment of life is a discovery.....
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hiiii, \nwell people who dnt believe in god is numerous. still people who do believe is also quite big. but cant those people who dnt believe in god just stop and ask them selfs then from where did we come and dnt tell me we were monkies coz even if we were monkies one day still who created those monkies.\nalso there is a friend who said that if there is a god then he wouldnt let us do this in earth, well may be there tooo many bad things put as well as god created bad things he created good things he created friendship and love with all it's kinds whether between man and women, a mother to her child, between brother and sisters, arent all those things r gifts. i think life is like a big test for every one of us to see if he is going to do good or bad and those who do this horrible things they r just doing bad in that test and not the meaning of their failure is that god doenst exist.\nwell :D 4give me, I got very excited.
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God does not judge anything ever so God does not see the world in terms of right and wrong.\n\nThese ideas are our creations and we try our best to create a God as confused as we are.\n\nLove and blessings Don