"If any idea can be imagined innate, the idea of God may, of all others, for many reasons, be thought so"
How can the idea of God be innate whn the existence of God is still a controversial issue? Coming into this world we have no idea what things are, why they are here, or how they are here. We learn the myths and ideas that answer these questions as we grow older, but still, have no proof. In early civilizations, to answer any questions, people would attribute things to Gods. Some civilizations had several Gods, and some had a God for every piece of nature. Through experience and education, we develop theories about God or a supreme being, but it is impossible to be an innate idea.
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I agree with Kimberly. It is hard to think of God as innate because not every culture believes in a God. When we are born, we don't have any ideas what things are and how they got here, but we eventually learn about it and grow up learning about God. With our experiences, we develop our own theories about God and ideas.
The idea of God is no where near innate. People grow up and learn about God or whatever religion they're surrounded by. Then they choose to follow it or not. When we are born we have no idea who or what God is. Till this day I still don't know everything about God. Either does anyone.
That's a good point. No one knows the real truth about God. Is he real? Is 'he' even male?
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