You know, I've been watching this thread and I'm seriously wondering, while everyone is comparing the tooth fairy to a magical sky daddy, and the fact that grown adults are crazy if they believe in one but not the other, then why it is perfectly acceptable for small children to believe in the tooth fairy AND a god? Neither the tooth fairy or god are ever "seen" by anyone. But the fact that children are taught to believe in both (by adults, no less!), seems to be okay.
Why has no one thought about that. Ohhh... that's because theists are okay with ANYONE believing in their magical sky daddy. Including small children.
Children are not born into this world believing in anything. Including god AND the tooth fairy. Parents and other adults introduce them, along with the Easter bunny and Santa Claus, while kids are still small enough to be brainwashed into thinking those things are real.
At some point in the indoctrination stage of these mythical creatures, the adult has to spin the story well enough to make the impression of these things last for years. So why then, has it become acceptable for adults to keep spinning the god story to children, long into their teens okay, but you can't keep continuing to do the same thing for the other mythical creatures? Sorry - god doesn't get a free pass on this. He's the same as the other mythical creatures and should be treated as such. At some point, you need to let your kids down gently and tell them that he's just as much a myth as Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.
Why has no one thought about that. Ohhh... that's because theists are okay with ANYONE believing in their magical sky daddy. Including small children.
Children are not born into this world believing in anything. Including god AND the tooth fairy. Parents and other adults introduce them, along with the Easter bunny and Santa Claus, while kids are still small enough to be brainwashed into thinking those things are real.
At some point in the indoctrination stage of these mythical creatures, the adult has to spin the story well enough to make the impression of these things last for years. So why then, has it become acceptable for adults to keep spinning the god story to children, long into their teens okay, but you can't keep continuing to do the same thing for the other mythical creatures? Sorry - god doesn't get a free pass on this. He's the same as the other mythical creatures and should be treated as such. At some point, you need to let your kids down gently and tell them that he's just as much a myth as Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.
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