mick writes:
i'm convinced that the majority of people who belive in God have the same reason that I used to have: their parents, families and peer groups told them that they had to. That's why religion is so eminently heritable. Children in Christian families tend to be Christian, and there aren't many Muslim parents with jewish kids.
I couldnt disagree more. I personally became a Christian while my family and I would say 80% of my friends at the time were not. To say the majority believe in God for that reason is a far stretch. A lot of Christians had to learn the hard way not growing up in a Christian family. I personally think that not growing up in a Christian family has showed me the other side and I will never go back.