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"The study found that, of the 66 participants, children who went to church or were enrolled in a parochial school were significantly less able than secular children to identify supernatural elements, such as talking animals, as fictional.
By relating seemingly impossible religious events achieved through divine intervention (e.g., Jesus transforming water into wine) to fictional narratives, religious children would more heavily rely on religion to justify their false categorizations."
After all, if one believes in talking snakes, why would one not believe in a talking wolf?
"The study found that, of the 66 participants, children who went to church or were enrolled in a parochial school were significantly less able than secular children to identify supernatural elements, such as talking animals, as fictional.
By relating seemingly impossible religious events achieved through divine intervention (e.g., Jesus transforming water into wine) to fictional narratives, religious children would more heavily rely on religion to justify their false categorizations."
After all, if one believes in talking snakes, why would one not believe in a talking wolf?
Does that study include the fairy tales of evolution and atheism?
Not exactly the most shocking results but interesting that an actual study was done. I would love to see a study done on adults to see if the religious are more susceptible to pseudo science claims and scams.
As long as they know that if you drag a saw across the top of someone's head (other than Curly Howard), it won't bend the saw teeth, it will cut them right down to their skull.
Does that study include the fairy tales of evolution and atheism?
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Originally Posted by AREQUIPA
If it did, hopefully they would be able to distinguish on the basis of evidence and reason
Evolution - factually supported to fact - pretty much.
abiogenesis- plausible and some circumstantial evidence, but not factually supported. A Hypothesis.
Bible = Fairy tales.
Over to you, Vizio. Let's see your sound reasoning and evidence for your position. We are still waiting.
To be accurate, you should include the fairy tale of atheism in that query, Arequipa. I don't see how anybody can construct a fairy tale from a single statement of disbelief.
To be accurate, you should include the fairy tale of atheism in that query, Arequipa. I don't see how anybody can construct a fairy tale from a single statement of disbelief.
Once upon a time there was a handsome prince who was an atheist. As he rode from castle to castle he carried with him a glass slipper. When he found a beautiful princess whose foot fit in the glass slipper he knew he'd found another atheist. They got married in a short civil ceremony at City Hall and lived happily ever after.
The end.
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