Actually, it compared Tom Sawyer to George Washington. The Harry Potter and Abraham Lincoln study was done in 2009 and didn't mention religion.
. On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also, it seems that study is referring more to the genre of 'fantasy' than > any general fiction. Harry Potter instead of Tom Sawyer. > > I took out of this the following: > > If you teach your child about a god (or gods) that are real and that they > are supernatural, have amazing powers, created the Earth in 6 days (or > whatever creation story exists in your religion), etc. it is difficult for > them to distinguish other stories where the characters may have similar > types of powers (like magic) as 'fiction'. > > Of course we are talking about an age where most if not all likely believe > in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny - who have similar, magical powers. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371814 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
