I gave the age of 7 as the age when we introduce the deity belief system because that is what many religions (including Catholicism) calls, "The Age of Reason," the age at which it is recognized that a child can understand right from wrong, and thus is able to comprehend the concept of a deity. Beth Benoit I wrote:
> I've always thought it says a lot about our "belief system," that about > age 7, just when kids are getting into Piaget's operational stage, where > we expect them to realize that it's not logically possible for Santa, > the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny to exist, we start plying them with > a challenge to their newfound logical system: Now we have them believe > in a being they can't see, can't hear, and have no physical evidence to > prove that it exists. Jim Guinee wrote: "Now" suggests that we wait to condition them to believe in God when we see them ditching TF and EB...you make it sound as if there is a deliberate conspiracy and deep down the guilty parties know they are full of it. --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
