2007-01-26 07:43:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Air Head...how very sweet of you! I'm not really an ogre...I just play one on Y/A. lol
2007-01-26 07:55:49 · update #1
Gandolf...I still believe in YOU, lol, well...not YOU but in Gandolf. I never thumbs down you or report you for anything...when I see your avatar I just cannot bring myself to do it. I love the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Yes, I admit it...Me, a Christian at that.
**JENN
2007-01-26 07:51:44 · answer #1 · answered by Air Head 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You have to make a commitment to accept statements as true without evidence or proof. And your not prohibited from doubting, questioning, scrutinizing, or putting the object of faith to the test unlike religion.
From what I can tell, the main two reasons that people trick kids into believing in Santa Claus is that we’re amused by the childish belief that there’s something greater than ourselves and because it gives us a modicum of control over their behavior, especially approaching Christmastime when they’re cooped up in the house more due to bad weather. What I don’t get then is why the belief in Santa Claus should fade away as a sign of maturity because, from what I can tell, those two reasons are the only reasons anyone can think of to justify the existence of religion. Likening religion to the belief in Santa Claus is a timeworn atheist metaphor, but seriously it does bug. Why does our culture have a ritual for children where we set them up to believe something on faith and then knock down the belief as a life lesson about how faith is an illusion? I mean, if we weren’t a generally religious group of people, Santa Claus would openly function as a lesson to children about the hazards of believing something on faith, but instead you’re expected to graduate from one mythology to another
2007-01-26 16:06:28 · answer #2 · answered by Mark E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They believe in Santa because that's what there parents tell them to believe, they stop believing in Santa because someone tell them the truth.
2007-01-26 15:49:49 · answer #3 · answered by lilmama 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They're told of this fictional being by their parents, and this belief is reinforced by other duped children and other co-conspirators.
They stop believing because an older kid cruelly tells them the truth. They confront their parents who realize that it's about time they told the truth and fess up.
2007-01-26 16:03:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kids believe in Santa because their 'all knowing parents' tell them to, and you are supposed to be able to trust your parents!
They stop believing when they catch their parents, get told that he is fake, or have to play santa for their siblings one day.
2007-01-26 15:49:09 · answer #5 · answered by Feeny 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
becasue there parents lied to them that there is a santa. But when the child lies to the parent, oh they don't approve. One of Gods Royal Law is not to lie. I am guilty of this.
2007-01-26 16:01:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
who's to say he's not real. after all, his workshop is well hidden. and to stop believing in santa claus would be the end of all that is good.///
2007-01-26 16:03:07 · answer #7 · answered by pnybt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where in the bible does it mention santa? Anyway I'm 39 and I still beleive
2007-01-26 15:49:38 · answer #8 · answered by melissa s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are told by adults that there is a Santa.
Because they grow up and use logical thinking.
Some of them anyway.
2007-01-26 15:49:18 · answer #9 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
very young children believe before they doubt and learn about lies later ... someone told them he exists therefore they believe it ...
2007-01-26 15:49:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋