Actually, it does refer to non-religious, 'fantastical' stories: "Children's upbringing was also related to their judgment about the protagonist in fantastical stories that included ordinarily impossible events whether brought about by magic (Study 1) or without reference to magic (Study 2). Secular children were more likely than religious children to judge the protagonist in such fantastical stories to be fictional."
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, but the fantasy is did the Joseph Dream about storms, did he he > have powers that allow him to communicate with God or was he just a > good weatherman. A child familiar with the story will say yes to all, > that it's likely real while a child unfamiliar with the story would > say only the last sounds reasonable. > > The study didn't actually use Harry Potter or Tom Sawyer as a > comparison. They used modified biblical stories. > > It's like they wrote the outcome and then created the study. > > . > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That is part of it, for sure. But there is also a part that notes 5-6 > year > > old children who have studied religion are more likely to believe that > > characters other 'fantasy' stories are real than those who have not > studied > > religion. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:371828 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
