Dear Editor,<\/p>\n
\tI, like Richard Timothy, used to believe we shouldn’t tell our kids about make-believe holiday characters like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. I think most people would agree that we need a “reformation,” or a return to the true meaning of our holiday observances. <\/p>\n
\tHowever, someone once posed a question that made me reevaluate the way I think about what Richard calls “lying to our children.” That question is this: Which pattern of intellectual development would be more beneficial to a child: <\/p>\n
\tNo. 1 to teach him what is scientifically correct from infancy so that he will never have to revise his views and always be right about everything.<\/p>\n
\tNo. 2 Allow a child to believe in tooth fairies and flying reindeer, with the understanding that one day he will revise his views. <\/p>\n
\t“Which course is more liable to lead to disaster, the open-ended Santa Claus or the ingrained illusion of infallibility?” (See The Ancient State by Hugh Nibley page 332.)<\/p>\n
Tai Davis<\/p>\n
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