Of course. I was indoctrinated into Santa Clausism. I think I was in 4th grade when I heard kids talking about it, and it made sense that he didn't exist. I stopped believing, then my parents ended up telling me anyway not long after that.
God is like santa claus for adults. Except your parents don't tell you to stop believing in god, you have to be smart enough to do that on your own.
God is like santa claus for adults. Except your parents don't tell you to stop believing in god, you have to be smart enough to do that on your own.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-