tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26421185.post5855948561200926713..comments2008-11-27T11:33:40.061-05:00Secular Planetnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26421185.post-42353521440728652722008-11-27T11:33:40.061-05:002008-11-27T11:33:40.061-05:00It seems to me that rationalists should promote critical thinking wherever possible. I agree with Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins that it is incumbent upon us to put social pressure on those who promote silly or destructive ideas. Santa is a figurehead for God--a sort of training bra for the boobs of religious idealism. One does not have to tell children that Santa or God do not exist, only that it is a belief that not everyone holds, including yourself. Your sanction of rationality might well set off a storm of free thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26421185.post-20040716497848053592007-12-20T21:58:08.947-05:002007-12-20T21:58:08.947-05:00Like you I decided many years ago not to have children. However, if I had become a father I would let my child have normal childhood fantasies, but I would avoid filling their heads with impossible fantasies.<BR/><BR/>RalphAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26421185.post-25602413626851588212007-12-19T14:30:28.374-05:002007-12-19T14:30:28.374-05:00I hung up stocking for santa as a child I never actually believed in a magical elf but I played along because it is part of the fun of christmas.Euannoreply@blogger.com