Why do childhood myths like Santa have such sticking power? People talk about the duplicity of it, speculating that we are misleading our children, etc... But I've come to believe that these childhood myths, the ones that are clearly false to older people, play a crucial role in developing critical thinking ability. The process of discovery is the first exercise of a crucial skill: the ability to see through the popularly accepted truth. It's interesting that Christians caught up in the perverse and corrupt middle-ages' Catholic hierarchies and politics probably originated many of them.
just a thought for this morning.
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