2010-12-24 09:37 | fche blog seriously a holiday isomorphism

  santa god
subject children adults
surveillance watches you all year watches you all your life
reward brings you presents sends you to heaven
punishment brings you coal sends you to hell

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Today’s Penny Arcade also touches on this: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/1..

So I wonder – do you still perpetuate the SC myth to your children? I don’t actually know your take on religion, though you’re hinting, but I recently read an article suggesting that letting children uncover SC on their own can be a good way to equip them with skepticism for parallel questions. I’m not sure how I feel about that, but then my parenting skills are still hypothetical…

Happy holidays!
Josh - 2010-12-24 19:37

Hi, Josh. Nah, for as far back as I can remember, both brats thought of Santa Claus as just a story, with a man in a costume etc. No myths here (as far as I can help it). My take on religion is insignificant, but since you asked … I have a lot of respect for some of them, for the goodness and humanity they encourage. I despise a few of them, for the opposite.

As to deliberately imbuing brats with myths, for the benefit of their later discovery of our subterfuge with new powers of skepticism … I guess I don’t buy that.
Frank - 2010-12-24 19:51

Here’s that article: http://parentingbeyondbelief.com/blog/?p..

We’ll see how I feel when we eventually get down to it, but thanks for your input.
Josh - 2010-12-26 13:57

  
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