I think that this is the part in the Raw Story article that he may be talking about, as it references both Biblical stories and Tom Sawyer. As far as I can tell, we've got it right, the study shows that kids who uncritically accept the fantastical in Bible stories also uncritically accept the fantastical in non-Biblical stories at a greater rate than those children who aren't raised religious.
>From the story: The researchers took 66 children between the ages of five and six and asked them questions about stories â some of which were drawn from fairy tales, others from the Old Testament â in order to determine whether the children believed the characters in them were real or fictional. âChildren with exposure to religion â via church attendance, parochial schooling, or both â judged [characters in religious stories] to be real,â the authors wrote. âBy contrast, children with no such exposure judged them to be pretend,â just as they had the characters in fairy tales. But children with exposure to religion judged many characters in fantastical, but not explicitly religious stories, to also be real â the equivalent of being incapable of differentiating between Mark Twainâs character Tom Sawyer and an account of George Washingtonâs life. On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > > Ahh....did I miss that somewhere or was that just an > > assumption being made? > > > He didn't explicitly say it, but it seems to be what he is saying while > trying not to have to say it that way. > > .... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:371833 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
