A non-Muslim’s perspective of the Fitra.

Interesting perspective of the Fitra from a non-Muslim. Quoted from Hamza Tzortzis' book:

Professor Justin Barret's research in his book, Born believers: the science of children's religious belief, looked at the behaviour and claims of children. He concluded that the children believed in what he calls "natural religion." This is the idea that there is a personal Being that created the entire universe. That Being cannot be human—it must be divine, supernatural:

"Scientific research on children's developing minds and supernatural beliefs suggests that children normally and rapidly acquire minds that facilitate belief in supernatural agents.

Particularly in the first year after birth, children distinguish between agents and non-agents, understanding agents as able to move themselves in purposeful ways to pursue goals. They are keen to find agency around them, even given scant evidence. 

Not long after their first birthday, babies appear to understand that agents, but not natural forces or ordinary objects, can create order out of disorder... This tendency to see function and purpose, plus an understanding that purpose and order come from minded beings, makes children likely to see natural phenomena as intentionally created. Who is the Creator? Children know people are not good candidates. It must have been a god... children are born believers of what I call natural religion....