(January 19, 2017 at 8:20 pm)Nymphadora Wrote: 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.Or, you know, don't teach them any of that stuff in the first place. Why would you lie to your kid about the existence of anything, on purpose? My kid never believed in Santa or the Tooth fairy. All the same, we still exchanged money for teeth at night, she still visited santa a couple of times when she was 3 or 4, and of course she gets presents. It's the surprise of seeing what you get that is the fun, even if you know your folks are responsible, and not a magical creature.
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.
If you did share these myths, I'm not saying that makes you a bad parent or anything, I'm just saying personally I think it's a bit strange that we as a society find it acceptable and even encourage parents to lie to children this way. It only teaches them to distrust their parents and adults in general.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
