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Originally posted by Suburbanite,
I brought up betrayal to show the clockwork nature by which many people become atheists. It isn't out of free-will or anything else, just something as childish as rebellion.
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Maybe for a very peculiar few, but I would think not many. No one is born religious and if they are poorly indoctrinated from childhood, become dissillusioned or just plain give up on trying to make sense of it they become agnostics or atheists.
If you have a strong belief to begin with, who are you going to rebel AGAINST? It's like saying "I am a devout Christian and I completely believe in God, but my parents are too so screw them, I'm not going to believe anymore! Ain't gonna happen.