children don’t need to persuaded very strongly to believe things adults tell them. It’s their default state. So children of religious parents who hear their parents say, god created the world, god punishes sinners, etc. believe that until they are given reason NOT to. Other examples include things even more blatantly fake, like the tooth fairy and santa.
Yeah. I went to another community I post on and asked the resident theists what they told their children. The answers pretty much boiled down to “we tell them that God exists and Jesus loves them and they lap it up without question”. That and getting them involved in the believing community/lifestyle. In restrospect, it shouldn’t have been at all surprising.
children don’t need to persuaded very strongly to believe things adults tell them. It’s their default state. So children of religious parents who hear their parents say, god created the world, god punishes sinners, etc. believe that until they are given reason NOT to. Other examples include things even more blatantly fake, like the tooth fairy and santa.
Yeah. I went to another community I post on and asked the resident theists what they told their children. The answers pretty much boiled down to “we tell them that God exists and Jesus loves them and they lap it up without question”. That and getting them involved in the believing community/lifestyle. In restrospect, it shouldn’t have been at all surprising.