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Originally Posted by edgeprod
They're at their most impressionable at that age. If no one filled their heads with religious lies, and they were told at 18, they'd go "HAHAHAHA, that is fucking ridiculous". Getting them INTO religion is WAY more harmful than getting them OUT of Santa.  |
I respectfully disagree.
My wife and I agreed to let our kids choose their own religious path. By AGREED, I mean I agreed not to tell my kids organized religion is a farce lol.
Just like santa, at some point both my kids asked me what I thought, because I never spoke about religion. I looked at my wife and she gave me a resigned, polite nod, basically saying, "oh fuck, go ahead". So, I told them MY thoughts on religion.
A few years on and my son knows there's no god, but my daughter, who's a couple years younger, still believes in him. As a parent I feel I've done my job. I've allowed them to choose instead of force my own beliefs on them...the same way people who believe in god do.
Hopefully some day, my daughter will realize the truth, but if she doesn't, and it doesn't consume her life, so be it. There's worse things in life.
Some dickhead ruining the myth of santa for a five year old kid who's excited for Christmas, just days BEFORE Christmas is much worse IMO.