Why do children accept that there is no Santa but not that there is no God?
When you tell a child there is no Santa (or Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, what have you), they just get really wide-eyed and look sad, like they knew it all along (at least, according to all sitcoms – I have no personal experience). But when you tell them there’s no God, they get insanely defensive and insist you’re lying. What gives? What’s the difference between these things?
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