That doesn't mean there isn't a god, but...

Suppose no one told children there was a god; do you think that somehow god would whisper about his existence in the ears of children. If that did happen, do you think that god would tell those children to go to the same church, temple, or mosque that their parents visited for their spiritual guidance?

My guess is that children would choose the church, temple, or mosque where they were likely to encounter their friends, or where they were most likely to have a good time... if the choice were left to them without influence from their parents or other adults. Our inclination as humans is to choose the best deal, the most logical option, or the option for which there is ample evidence supporting that choice. Consequently, those choices are best made when children are adults when they make such choices.

Don't you find it a little silly when anyone defines a child's religious choice. This baby is a muslim, or a Jew, or a Catholic, or a Christian, or... That is a form of child abuse at best!

Churches, temples, mosques, and religion in general, need adults to indoctrinate children to be religious. Since there is absolutely no hard evidence to recommend, let alone support, belief in any religious doctrine, and since there isn't any evidence suggesting that anyone will be punished for either belief or non-belief in any religious doctrine, the religions of the world would have no followers if adult members stopped supplying their children as new members. Now isn't that a curious version of using children as replacement parts?

There is absolutely no verifiable or documented evidence that God has ever spoken to any man, woman, or child, nor is there any verifiable evidence that God requires us to believe that God exists. So, even if there is a god, he/she/it doesn't give a rat's neck whether or not we know or care about his/her/its existence. And that regard of god for beliefs of lower level beings is just about equal to our (human) regard for the beliefs of lower-level beings (whales, fish, birds, insects, or microscopic animals, or even plants) hold about humans.

You see, I don't give a rat's neck about what lower level animals think about humans. And that is just about what god would be thinking about us... if there is a god!

Religion is just big business in its worst form. It's a big expense with no profit.

Hello Eric. A few thoughts in response to your comments:
I wrote that I have no regard for what lower animals think ("I don't give a rat's neck about what lower level animals think about humans. "); I have substantial regard for lower animals and care about their welfare though certainly not as much as I care about the welfare and behavior of my own species. I don't believe that lower animals are capable of much more than elemental thought, and none regarding anything other than survival; certainly no animals, other than homo sapiens, show any interest in god, the existence of god, or in being or becoming religious.

Next, you have made absolutely no attempt to paraphrase my comments. I stated that I do not believe in god. That assertion does not embrace the existence of god, but, rather, admits that there is no evidence supporting the existence of a god, nor is there an explanation for our existence or for the circumstances that permit our existence or presence on this planet. As to what existed before the 'big bang' or any other phenomenon that accounts for what now exists, there was time. Time was and is irreversible. And, there was something else. That 'something' and what happened to 'it' is the real mystery that causes some men to look for clues and others to surrender their beliefs to the fables created by other men. I am with the 'seekers of clues' group.

I believe that all religious beliefs are fraudulent, largely because the 'prophets' and the believers resist asking and answering serious questions about their beliefs. I also believe that religion is just business, often, sadly, monkey-business, always linked to money moreso that the public welfare!

Thank you for your reply and sorry for not fully reading the lower animals sentence.
I was attempting to distinguish the deist god and the theist god. We don't have to have the same definition of god. When the separation of church and state crowd wants to ban god from public I think that they use the theist god (or Judeo-Christian/Moslem god). And therefore are actually forcing church and state together. I am not troubled by Boy Scouts saying "duty or god" or "under god" because the deist god is hardly even "religious". The deist god just is shorthand for all that stuff that we don't know. The separation of church and state people seem to be saying that my definition of god, the deist definition, is not the real definition and therefore they are interferring with my beliefs.
I have always been either an atheist or agnostic (of the theist god) but I am very troubled by what seems to be anti-christian bigotry in this country and this has resulted in hate crimes. I also believe that religions provide some with a sense of fulfillment or happiness or something and that this is a good thing. The UN declaration of human rights has it right when article 18 says "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
Many institutions are "just business". Unlike in parts of Europe, church profits are from voluntary giving, I believe. They must provide some people with some peace or provide some value.

You wrote: "...the religions of the world would have no followers if adult members stopped supplying their children as new members."

I disagree as does the Bible. God has put His law into the heart of every child to know right from wrong and to crave fellowship with Him. You obviously are among those who have rejected Him and His revelation to your spirit. Therefore I only wonder what you seek after everyday to fill that void. Is it alcohol, drugs, sex, money, possessions, or perhaps fame? If we stop and listen, those yearnings, whatever they be, are simply that innate hunger to know God, which have been perverted by the devil and our refusal to bend the knee to the Almighty.

Romans 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

There has been a time in your life when you stood at the crossroads and rejected that which God has shown you. As long as you have breath in this world there is time to go back to that intersection and take the right path.
You don't need "religion" with all it's hypocrites and money lovers, you need Jesus, and He comes to us when we believe, repent, confess, and submit. May He bless you is my prayer.