Do you think that allowing a child to believe in Santa somehow prepares them to believe in God?

Question

Does it help them to have faith in something they can`t see?

No I am not stupidand I know the difference between santa and God ,I have felt his presence very much but his ways are not our ways,

I`m sorry if I have my question is so confusing to some answerers ,but I believe that God knows how to teach each individual different things,he may use one thing with one person and something else with someone else,You have to open your mind and your heart to hear him.

I`m talking just about the FAITH part,you don`t have to add every detail and God doesn`t live in the North Pole either.

Answer 1

All three of my kids believed in Santa and they believe in god also...they know the differnce between the two.

Answer 2

Of course not, if anything it causes confusion about the subject. If it prepares them for anything it is a lifetime of being lied to by their parents. When a child finds out the truth, the reason they usually cry is not because of the loss of the Santa myth but because they realize they have been the butt of a huge joke and it was played on them by the people they should be able to trust the most. The trust has been broken and they will never look at you quite the same way again.

Answer 3

I think it does the exact opposite.

When they find out that one person they have been told can see you all the time is a falsehood, then why would they believe it when they are told about God?

Santa can be seen a every mall and shopping center in the land... God cannot be seen. There is more evidence of Santa than there is of God. I think it is bad for faith to tell children lies then expect them to believe you after they find out you lied to them.

Are you saying Santa isn't real? If Santa isn't real, then who brings the presents marked from Santa every Christmas morning? Maybe you don't get them because you are bad.

Answer 4

I think in letting a child believe in Santa it lets them start learning in belief yes. But they cant confuse having an imagination, thats where Santa falls, to having faith, which is where God would be catorgized. With God, its the believing in something that they cant see, but with Santa, just like the tooth fairy and easter bunny, it fosters imagination and belief with a child.

Answer 5

Yes, and believing in God prepares them to believe in the Easter Bunny, the Great Pumpkin, UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot, the Abominable Snowman, Peter Pan, and Supply Side Economics.

Answer 6

Here's an opposite view to consider: Many adults feed children dishonesties and distortions which eventually may lead to atheism. From a child’s eye view, if Santa told as truth is a lie, then maybe God told as truth also is a lie.

Answer 7

OK I will tell you from my experience. I love to play the whole santa thing.. I have a 5year old son who also believes in God..well one day he says to me while driving down the road, "mommy is santa real just like Jesus" well I knew right then that I had to tell him the truth. I do not want to lie to him about Santa and then say later oh honey he isnt real..but Jesus is. So I had to tell him that we pretend Santa is real, but he isnt so..then I explained how Jesus is real. We still play Santa though..he knows its fun..more for mommy's and daddy's lol

Answer 8

Rearrange the letters of Santa and tell me what you see? That is called an anagram by the way. Well? What do you see? Well? This by the way is known as "The Santa Clause" or "The Santa Claws" or "The Hidden Premise."

Answer 9

wth does santa and god have anything to do with each other??
thats like saying that just because u cant see the fire then their isnt one!! get what i mean??
i think it is a childs choice of what they beleive in. you can try and lead them down the path u want them too but in the end their going to do what they want.



unless i am totally reading your question wrong.
are you saying that as a child god/jesus/faith is totally mindboggling to understand so in order to make them understand start with santa??
if it is that then no. b-cuz santa isnt real so if you compare them then they might think you are saying he isnt realy ether.


no clue if that makes since to you but i hope in 1 way it does:]

Answer 10

How is that possible? How can a lie teach the truth?sorry to destroy your fantasy but it doesn't work I remember when my niece found out santa and the bunny rabbit were not true she said to her parents: How could you lie to me,why did you do that? She was very taken abackjust as I was when I was small and found out except I didn't say so.