The average five year old knows intuitively that God is. It takes years of indoctrination by the Government School System and the mass media to drive this understanding out of a minority. .
Lest we forget that the majority of those who convert to atheism do it between the ages of 12 and 15, the rebellious teen years, when the areas of their brain that deal with critical thinking, understanding long and short term consequences and impulse control have not yet fully developed. Of that small percentage (about 20% of those enrolled in the Public School System) about 70 to 80% will convert back to theism as adults when their brains have been fully developed and they have lived in the real world for a while..
Notice the pattern, teens who's brains are not yet developed to the point they can make an informed decision convert from theism to atheism. Adults with fully developed brains and experience in the real word convert from atheism to theism.. That alone sends a pretty powerful message.
We are all born ignorant of everything, including God. We discover one reality after another as we grow older. Most of us discover the reality of God. Some of us don't, which is why atheism, ignorance of the reality of God, exists.
The natural state for people is that way. So newborns. If you meant what age do people usually walk away from their cult programming anecdotally some time in their 20s.
'Get into' atheism? They don't. Most unindoctrinated people realize that they don't believe in gods by early adolescence. Most indoctrinated people take longer to shake off their programming, and typically don't discover the truth until their in their 20s.
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The average five year old knows intuitively that God is. It takes years of indoctrination by the Government School System and the mass media to drive this understanding out of a minority. .
Lest we forget that the majority of those who convert to atheism do it between the ages of 12 and 15, the rebellious teen years, when the areas of their brain that deal with critical thinking, understanding long and short term consequences and impulse control have not yet fully developed. Of that small percentage (about 20% of those enrolled in the Public School System) about 70 to 80% will convert back to theism as adults when their brains have been fully developed and they have lived in the real world for a while..
Notice the pattern, teens who's brains are not yet developed to the point they can make an informed decision convert from theism to atheism. Adults with fully developed brains and experience in the real word convert from atheism to theism.. That alone sends a pretty powerful message.
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Zero. Nobody is born believing in a god.
We are all born ignorant of everything, including God. We discover one reality after another as we grow older. Most of us discover the reality of God. Some of us don't, which is why atheism, ignorance of the reality of God, exists.
Atheists do not "get into it". they simply realize that there is no God.
Even with a minimal education it becomes a realization!
Please read a little history about of religions and the millions of Gods that man hes created.
The natural state for people is that way. So newborns. If you meant what age do people usually walk away from their cult programming anecdotally some time in their 20s.
I was in about Yr 7 or 8 at school, myself.
IE, when I was old enough to figure out that the bible, god, the devil, heaven and hell are all ridiculous and are just total bull$hit..
Good story, made up by some very imaginative goat-herders back in the day, but should be in the 'Fiction' or 'Mythology' section of the bookshops..!
'Get into' atheism? They don't. Most unindoctrinated people realize that they don't believe in gods by early adolescence. Most indoctrinated people take longer to shake off their programming, and typically don't discover the truth until their in their 20s.
Some people grow up in atheist households or countries where belief in God is uncommon, so the answer would be zero, in a way.
0-12, is when they are indoctrinated to religion, and 15-40 is when they get out of it.