So this is how they get you. Perhaps babies are ‘born atheist’ (without a religion)… but they seem to become zealots really fast.
I see grown ass men talking like this on late night televangelist programs. It’s baby talk! Grow up, raaaabaaalololo baaaa faaaaaaa riggookkooolala dooooooooooooobooooooo JEEEE-SUS aabbbbbloriahnooobogo nobogo looo wookiewookie jibby jibby jibby. They should be embarrassed! Babies are cute when they do it. Adults are not.
FYI, this video is actually my daughter Zoe babbling. Cute, huh?
Okay, so now she’s an evangelical speaking in tongues… not too long ago Zoe was an atheist. We still love her.
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Gregory in Seattle
March 23, 2012 at 11:03 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Admit it: this blog entry is just an excuse to post gratuitous baby pictures and video. I’m not complaining, mind you.
mirax
March 23, 2012 at 11:48 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
So adorable! Given the war raging between the cat, dog and squid lovers on FTB, you win hands down with baby Zoe.
Drivebyposter
March 23, 2012 at 4:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
She’s probably read more of the bible than most other christians.
sphex
March 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I second what mirax at #2 said. :)
F
March 23, 2012 at 8:09 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
That’s certainly better than the flip side.
Art
March 24, 2012 at 5:15 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I suspect that there is a developmental and experiential basis for religion in that for an infant so much of their experience is seemingly miraculous.
With newborn sight limited to a few feet parents seemingly appear out of nowhere and hover above you. Without some concept of time, feeding schedules and I/O, it would seem that food magically appears when you are hungry and diapers are changed before becoming too uncomfortable. It is like these miraculous and all-powerful beings are magically reading the kid’s mind.
Also, like so many religions, there are substantial rewards to praise and worship of these greater beings. Toddle up hug a leg and tell them you ‘wuv’ them and they reward you with sweets and good things.
And punishments for not obeying.
These huge, seemingly supernatural, beings can inflict pain and/or pleasure and manipulate the infant at will. We were all once helpless infants in the hands of all-powerful parents. Living in a world of wonder and fear.
Steph Bazzle
March 24, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I don’t too often comment, but my almost-6-yo daughter insists. She watched both with me and is demanding more videos of Zoe! We have a 7 month old in our house (my son Rebel) but apparently Zoe’s babble is more interesting than his.
Stacy
March 25, 2012 at 6:11 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Not so fast! Choose sides and let hostilities commence: who’s cuter, Zoe or Greg Laden’s Huxley? :)
(Seriously, what a cutie-pie. And her glossolalia skillz r awesome.)
Justin Griffith
March 25, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Called out. Yeah. At least I started to filter out my risque stuff. For instance, in a recent conversation revolving around the eating babies meme:
“If atheists eat babies, afterbirth is ‘atheist dessert’.”
In the old days I would have photoshopped it.