I'm not saying there is a 100% relation between the parents beliefs and the children.
But all things equal, is a religious couple more likely to have religious children, or atheist children? Is it more than half the time ? If it is, that's enough to make assumptions, even if counter example exist.
"when others tried to force them to believe, they will find a way to prevail"
Not so. I'm quite interested by the experience of atheists in north africa - how they organize and such. In an oppressive society, atheist have to hide - they don't prevail. Religions in general have a problem with atheism, as mentioned in the article about religion from the same author that was separately posted.
I'm not taking sides here- I'm just trying to figure out the dynamic.
It seems to me that while religions can be self perpetrating, atheism is not, and in the long run, it always ends up replaced by a religion.
But all things equal, is a religious couple more likely to have religious children, or atheist children? Is it more than half the time ? If it is, that's enough to make assumptions, even if counter example exist.
"when others tried to force them to believe, they will find a way to prevail"
Not so. I'm quite interested by the experience of atheists in north africa - how they organize and such. In an oppressive society, atheist have to hide - they don't prevail. Religions in general have a problem with atheism, as mentioned in the article about religion from the same author that was separately posted.
I'm not taking sides here- I'm just trying to figure out the dynamic.
It seems to me that while religions can be self perpetrating, atheism is not, and in the long run, it always ends up replaced by a religion.