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- From: freek@phil.ruu.nl (Freek Wiedijk)
- Subject: Re: Lying to children
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- Organization: Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:50:53 GMT
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- rcollins@ns.encore.com (Roger Collins) writes:
- >
- >3. [only applies to religious folk, not me] I especially wonder about
- >religious parents who, even after they just told their kids that Santa
- >was a big fat lie, expect their children to believe in another unseen
- >person (they know only through stories from parents and other adults)
- >for the rest of their lives.
-
- Exactly! This was one of the main reasons for my girlfriend to lose
- her religion. (Not that she would have staid a christian otherwise:
- she's a sensible person.)
-
- Freek
- --
- Third theory of Phenomenal Dynamics: The difference between
- a symbol and an object is quantitative, not qualitative.
-