2007-03-20 14:06:53 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, and I would argue that they're intellectually inferior because they've closed off reality. But don't blame kids for irrational belief systems, because parents are responsible for what they teach their children (you know what I'm comparing this to!).
Still, Santa's pretty benign compared to fundamentalism. One gives you gifts, good cheer, and too much sugar, while the other forces you to restrict your nature and ability to think for yourself.
2007-03-20 14:22:40 · answer #1 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Myself, i grow to be initially a theist yet I escaped because of my skill to reason. So definite, If I wasn't a minimum of relatively clever i might nevertheless be a theist. I do suspect there's a undeniable correlation with atheism and 'intelligence', besides the shown fact that that's nigh-impossible to degree on condition that there is not any sturdy metric for 'intelligence'. i think a extra perfect observe could be rationality. and there is not any metric for that the two. So, i won't be able to probable understand. yet what does it count? What concerns is that atheism as a place is demonstrably extra rational than theism: It describes the actuality around us plenty extra perfect and for this reason is stronger. Theism provides no explanatory or reality value to the equation, yet does introduce plenty extra issues of lots of them being terminal to the entire proposition.
2016-10-02 11:47:08 · answer #2 · answered by saggio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All kids that believe in Santa are just children whose parents are trying to keep them innocent for as long as they can.
2007-03-20 14:17:46 · answer #3 · answered by Alwyn C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Believing in Santa is an exercise of the imagination, and imaginative people tend to be more intelligent and more successful later in life.
2007-03-20 14:10:59 · answer #4 · answered by Huddy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The whole Santa farse is to prep their little minds for religion. They want to make sure that they have the ability to blindly believe in something that doesn't exist first.
2007-03-20 14:11:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one who has been duped for years by people they trust is going to be superior to those who know the truth about things.
2007-03-20 14:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope
my kids didn't believe and they are the 2 smartest kids ever born
EDIT: my son scored 96 on the navy exam
my daughter just got a full ride scholarship to UT Dallas (chemical engineering)
2007-03-20 14:09:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's completely ludacris to believe flying reindeer and Santa but not in angels or god or other superstitions!
2007-03-20 14:11:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same question can be asked about people who believe in a god and the answer to both questions is a big NO.
2007-03-20 14:10:25 · answer #9 · answered by Wardog 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question.
I wonder how many people actually believe this question has ANYTHING to do with Santa?
2007-03-20 14:19:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋