at least from the perspective of a child the Santa Claus belief appears to deliver the goods, so to speak.
2007-10-02 02:48:22 · 22 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm waiting for someone to get the bright idea of deparment store Gods...most kids believe in Santa Claus because of a carefully orchestrated deception and the fact that they see them personified in the local mall every year. It'd be interesting if our technology evolved to such a state that kids could ask things of God and have them delivered by this same deceptive machinery. I can see it now: "Dear God, I want my grandmother to be alive again. Love, Timmy" Then the parents order a robotic Grandma and program it carefully, laying it under the tree in a rocking chair. Timmy's screams as he awakens on Christmas morning to look into the eyes of the grandmother he watched buried only last year...OK, it sounds like a Twilight Zone episode. I could not resist. The question seemed ripe for it. But perhaps the absurdity will show itself...
2007-10-02 03:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by Black Dog 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Unless of course, that particular child, has parents who are too poor to "deliver" for Santa, then the poor kid thinks he's been bad all year! As far as a belief in God being rational, I say, let people believe in whatever they want. Why do some people only believe what they can see or prove? Is that even a belief?
2007-10-02 02:58:55 · answer #2 · answered by michelledenay 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, absolutely. Belief in Santa Claus is rational because there is evidence in the presents delivered. However, a delusion that God does not exist is not rational at all. There is no evidence to support it, and so much evidence to support His existence.
I don't know any children who suffer from this God delusion you speak of. Most are smarter than that.
2007-10-02 02:55:37 · answer #3 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, it is indeed. When I was age 7, I could hardly believe either God or Santa existed, but I did not tell my parents, because I got an extra gift from Santa, and I would've been spanked for doubting God. When I was age 12 and big enough to kick Dad's butt, I told him I did not accept his belief in God and Heaven. I admitted the year before that I no longer believed in Santa. I thought I had pushed that one far enough.
2007-10-02 03:02:40 · answer #4 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Shows how much you know.
Santa Claus exists. There was a man who looked like the archetypal Santa and he changed his name to Santa Claus.
Perhaps you should reconsider how much you really know. God too exists (from my own personal experience...not belief).
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-10-02 03:08:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you mean is belief in Santa more rational than belief in God, then maybe the answer might be yes. I think the key word in your question is "rational". You see belief in God is not rational. It stems in faith and/or personal experience, not in reason. Reason tells us that what we see is what exists. Faith tells us there is more to life than what we see. That "more" is God, spirits, souls, a spirit realm, heaven and hell.
2007-10-02 03:00:47 · answer #6 · answered by William D 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
what's God? i understand what the Easter Bunny is think to be, in no way considered a rabbit like that. i understand what Santa is think to be, in no way considered a guy like that. i understand what Spaghetti is think to be, in no way considered a plate of spaghetti like that. I basically understand what God does, i do no longer understand if God is think to be an animal, foodstuff, guy, in spite of. i'm basically conscious of the effects of God, no longer the reason. i assume you think of of God as an merchandise, in case you may no longer see it, touch it, scent it it would not exist. i'm greater difficulty with the essence of God, sort of like patriotism. So in that sense God very plenty exist.
2016-11-07 01:11:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in Santa, and Jack Skellington!
2007-10-02 02:52:53 · answer #8 · answered by That Guy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To a child, there would appear to be corroborating evidence of the existance of Santa, so yes.
2007-10-02 02:52:13 · answer #9 · answered by Dave C 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
children are clean slates
its up to thier parents to decide which beliefs to instill them with
if i ever have kids (doubtful) i will teach them that santa doesnt exist
2007-10-02 02:51:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋