Pshychologists say that the first six years of a child are most crucial. The fundamental foundation of the child’s personality including faith and belief are built during this period. It is during this period that a child can be made either a religious fanatic or an aeithist. If the child is brought up in an environment in which faith is paramount then the child becomes religious.
That’s why I used to find the whole bunch of Russian Engineers in my former company to be all aeithist since they never had the chance to go to churches or had any kind of religious teaching. One engineer used to tell me in broken english that the entire russian village in which he lived had no churches or religious culture of any sort. Inuits in the north also seem to have no organized religion of any kind.
I would love to hear more about this topic from those in Pshycology profession or those having interest in this subject.
Re: You can manufacture either Religious Fanatic or an Aeithist
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Pshychologists say that the first six years of a child are most crucial. The fundamental foundation of the child's personality including faith and belief are built during this period. It is during this period that a child can be made either a religious fanatic or an aeithist. If the child is brought up in an environment in which faith is paramount then the child becomes religious.
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i agree that the first 6 yrs are the most essential yrs, but High skool also plays a significant role in the development of a child of either becomin an athiest or religious. I have noticed a number of pepz become atheist (in hs) becoz of the crowd they started to hang out with.