Tooth Fairy Bullshit

[Catholic_Lady]

But that's exactly what I explained in my post. It IS disrespectful to the person's character when you equate their belief, to a belief that would make someone a crazy person (ie belief in the tooth fairy/santa clause/easter bunny).

And I disagree that it is disrespectful to the person. If someone believes in something that I see as ridiculous, I am not going to lie to them about how I see it. I respect their right to hold those beliefs and I hold a default level of respect for the person, but I do not respect the beliefs. If I don't think someone's beliefs hold true to reality, I think it is far more respectful to the person to be honest with them.

Also, I never said I was calling anyone crazy. That would be disrespectful to the person, and that is not what I am doing.

I think we may be on 2 different ships. I'm talking specifically about equating someone's beliefs to beliefs in things that would make them crazy in our society.  

You can think someone's beliefs are in error/ridiculous/false, while still not equating it to belief in the tooth fairy. Because when you do that, you are essentially calling them crazy, bc in our society, only crazy ppl believe in the tooth fairy. 

It's like my example with cheating on your spouse. You can tell someone that cheating on their spouse is wrong/ridiculous/crappy. But when you equate that act to something that only a messed up person would do, like having sex with children, then you are essentially calling them messed up. Because only messed up adults would have sex with kids.