Comments on: Virginia, You’re Delusional http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2006/12/25/virginia-youre-delusional/ by Hemant Mehta Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: C. L. Hanson http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2006/12/25/virginia-youre-delusional/#comment-2656 C. L. Hanson Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:13:07 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2006/12/25/virginia-youre-delusional/#comment-2656 This is a hoot!!! It's weird enough to encourage belief in Santa in very little kids who are barely old enough to understand the difference between real and fictional characters. But when a kid is old enough to start thinking and asking about it, why do so many adults think it's a good idea to confuse the kid with a lie? (Talking to an actual kid, I would respond a little more tactfully than the above of course ;) ) For fun I've tackled some popular Christmas specials' take on belief vs. skepticism and tried to make some sense of this claim that belief (regardless of the evidence) is better: <a href="http://lfab-uvm.blogspot.com/2006/12/i-believe-in-santa-claus.html" rel="nofollow"> I believe in Santa Claus...</a> This is a hoot!!!

It’s weird enough to encourage belief in Santa in very little kids who are barely old enough to understand the difference between real and fictional characters. But when a kid is old enough to start thinking and asking about it, why do so many adults think it’s a good idea to confuse the kid with a lie? (Talking to an actual kid, I would respond a little more tactfully than the above of course ;) )

For fun I’ve tackled some popular Christmas specials’ take on belief vs. skepticism and tried to make some sense of this claim that belief (regardless of the evidence) is better: I believe in Santa Claus…

]]> By: brian t http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2006/12/25/virginia-youre-delusional/#comment-2306 brian t Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:55:21 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2006/12/25/virginia-youre-delusional/#comment-2306 To be honest, I don't think I would be quite that concise or abrupt with a little girl. Why frighten her like that? It could send her the opposite direction, further in to the realm of fantasy, if she's too young. The press would take that and say "see, atheists have declared War on Christmas". To be honest, I don’t think I would be quite that concise or abrupt with a little girl. Why frighten her like that? It could send her the opposite direction, further in to the realm of fantasy, if she’s too young. The press would take that and say “see, atheists have declared War on Christmas”.

]]> By: Secular Planet http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2006/12/25/virginia-youre-delusional/#comment-2302 Secular Planet Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:59:40 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2006/12/25/virginia-youre-delusional/#comment-2302 I enjoyed reading this. My local paper prints that stupid letter every year and I hate it. Today's letters to the editor were all anti-non-Christian today, too. I need to write them. I enjoyed reading this. My local paper prints that stupid letter every year and I hate it. Today’s letters to the editor were all anti-non-Christian today, too. I need to write them.

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