When you answer please specify if it was you or a person you knew, and what religion they had. I have a weird theory.
2007-05-30 11:50:24 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I had a friend that had a friend when we were small....everytime she would talk to "him"., I would turn around to see what he said...but no one was there.
No religion at all then.
2007-05-30 11:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter went through a series of imaginary friends between the ages of 3-6 years old... Most of her imaginary friends made a lot of messes, one even cut all the hair off the right side of her head on day... Any mess or misbehavior always had an imaginary friend to blame for it...
I humored her setting a place at dinner for her friend, putting 2 containers of soap bubbles out so she and her friend each had one, made a bed under my daughters bed so she and her friend could have bunk beds, etc.
Most children have imaginary friends most imaginary friends leave the scene about the time the child starts school and has a lot of interaction with real friends..
She has never been taught any religion or religious beliefs..
2007-05-30 12:03:52 · answer #2 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never had an imaginary friend, nor do I recall anyone I know having one, although my childhood was an extremely long time ago, so I may have forgotten. I think when I was a kid in the 1950s, people didn't talk about such things outside the family, as it was considered evidence that the kid was completely bonkers.
But I am interested in hearing your theory.
2007-05-30 11:55:35 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son had an imaginary friend, he didn't grow up with a specific religion. He has one Agnostic parent and one parent who was a non-denominational christian.
I think having an imaginary friend has more to do with "imagination" than religion.
My son's "friend" was an elephant, and we even tried throwing it out the window of a moving car, but, my son "had it by his "invisible" leash", and dragged the stupid thing back in the window. I even had to set a place for it at the dinner table. The "friend" just left one day, said my son didn't need him anymore, and he was going to another child that needed him.
So, OK, what is your theory?
2007-05-30 11:56:28 · answer #4 · answered by Fireant 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had an imaginary friend when I was around 5 years old, however she did not have a head. Her name was donna. I still remember her til this day. Living in that house was horrid but something was wrong with that house. I had nightmares about her too. I had visions and dreams that she was murdered by a man in the restroom. I did not have any religious affiliation.
2007-05-30 12:03:08 · answer #5 · answered by Don't Know 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I did because I was lonely and didn't want to play with my brother.
Having an imaginary friend doesn't more often in one religion then another... it's just a sign of loneliness and a creative way of keeping busy.
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. If you have a problem with that then you can email me and tell me. I answer ?s too.
2007-05-30 12:05:07 · answer #6 · answered by beaglepuppylove 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by "imaginary friend" you mean, did I used to believe in God.....then yes I did. I am now an atheist.
If by "imaginary friend" you mean when i was a child did I pretend about having friends that were not there, then the answer is yes. I was well aware they were not real and they were imaginary. I was not crazy and thought I saw them.
2007-05-30 12:04:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non-Denominational. My little boy had an imaginary friend. I should say friends. Whenever we went somewhere all of "his boys" had to come along too. We had to make sure they were all buckled before we could leave. Whenever we had any kind of snack they had to have one too. This was before he was in school and he didn't have any friends yet. After school the boys disappeared--I was worried there for a bit.
2007-05-30 11:58:55 · answer #8 · answered by supersonic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son had 5. They were all his brothers, and much older than he. He was about 2-4, maybe 5, and these guys were around all the time. They were all in their late teens, as I remember. Big guys. Yes, They were described in great detail....
No religion at 2. But I did raise him believing in what he saw and told me about, did not dismiss as "just dreams" or whatever. And I am Buddhist....
So do tell, what's your theory????
edit - lol, so far, one cat, two elephants (????), and a noodle- Lmao thats' great thanks you guys, I needed a good laugh today
2007-05-30 12:01:18 · answer #9 · answered by cosmicshaktifire? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother had imaginary friends as a child. he later went schizophrenic. he was an atheist up until he started having delusions about satan. does that lead you to a new theory?
2007-05-30 11:56:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when my little sister was about 3 or 4 and my other sister and i had to go back to school and she was all by her self as far as someone to play with. she created an imaginary friend named abidi that blue swirly ice cream hair. not joking. abidi lived away from us but always came over for dinner and always borrowed my sisters clothes and purses and play shoes etc.. and my sister borrowed stuff from abidi. we are LDS
2007-05-30 12:04:03 · answer #11 · answered by stephanie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋