Infants and Uninformed Children are Atheists

Do infants and very young children qualify as atheists? Most atheists will say so, working from the definition of atheism as "lacking belief in gods." Theists tend to reject this definition, even if they don't use the narrow definition of atheism as "denial of gods." Why? If infants lack belief in the existence of gods, they can't be theists - so why not atheists?

 

Book Notes: Infants and Uninformed Children are Atheists: Atheism is the Default Position; Theism Must Be Indoctrinated