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{{cquote|It is widely known that some atheists rejected God in their childhood, based on child like reasons, have not matured beyond these childish notions and thus, maintain childish-emotional reactions toward the idea of God.<ref>[http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/argument-atheism-immaturity]</ref>}} | {{cquote|It is widely known that some atheists rejected God in their childhood, based on child like reasons, have not matured beyond these childish notions and thus, maintain childish-emotional reactions toward the idea of God.<ref>[http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/argument-atheism-immaturity]</ref>}} | ||
| − | In the United States, 70% of individuals raised by atheist parents abandon their [[atheism]]. | + | In the United States, 70% of individuals raised by atheist parents abandon their [[atheism]]. For more information please see: [[Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]] |
Revision as of 11:01, January 14, 2014
In 2012, a Georgetown University study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an atheist household remain atheists as adults.[1]
Vox Day declared:
| “ | ...the age at which most people become atheists indicates that it is almost never an intellectual decision, but an emotional one. (This is why most self-identified atheists are angry, bitter, and immature. The anger, bitterness, and immaturity are usually the cause of the atheism, they are not, as many Christians erroneously suppose, the effects.)[2] | ” |
The Christian apologist Mariano Grinbank concurs in his essay The Argument for Atheism from Immaturity and writes:
| “ | It is widely known that some atheists rejected God in their childhood, based on child like reasons, have not matured beyond these childish notions and thus, maintain childish-emotional reactions toward the idea of God.[3] | ” |
- ↑ http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups
- ↑ Answering an atheist's question
- ↑ [1]
