Oh, and 7 is also the magic age at which, suddenly, children can be guilty of
sin.
Beth Benoit
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.
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