Beautifully said. Few things are as sad as wonderment being replaced by smug certainty.

*nochannel *religion *british *lies *talks

For once Ricky is being serious and it was excellent

This video has been removed from all channels (Religion, British, Lies, Comedy, Talks) due to invalid channel assignment - nochannel invoked by alien_concept. Please review the FAQ to learn about appropriate channel assignments.

Adding video to channels (British, Lies, Religion, Talks) - requested by alien_concept.

This is nice. Sometimes I get sick of the "If you believe in anything you are stupid and malicious and evil" so this is refreshing to hear from a known voice.

It makes the most sense to me to not teach kids anything made up... no Tooth Fairy, no Easter Bunny, no Santa Clause.

Reality is still good without them, and life is hard enough without believing things that aren't realistic.

*promote

Self promoting this video back to the front page; last published Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 6:22am PDT - promote requested by original submitter EDD.

>> ^chilaxe:
It makes the most sense to me to not teach kids anything made up... no Tooth Fairy, no Easter Bunny, no Santa Clause.
Reality is still good without them, and life is hard enough without believing things that aren't realistic.


i dunno, what about all those people who love role-play fantasy and dress up as lord of the rings characters and have loads of fun just recreating that whole world with each other? i think there's something lovely and innocent and harmless about that. whether or not they 'believe' in that isn't even a question.. maybe in some sense they're believing in the shared reality for the time that they're acting it out... but beyond that i think they're just indulging that part of us that needs fantasy and playfulness and whatever.. point is, i don't have a problem with it at all.. as long as they don't hurt anyone or force anyone to do something they don't want to do... i think ricky is expressing something similar here.. it makes 'em happy.. whatever.. who are we (as atheists) to deny them that? in the words of karl-head-like-a-fucking-orange-pilkington "its about bein happy, innit?"

lies???oh cmon people.

^Watch the video first pls, kthxbai.

well,maybe he wasnt lying,its Richy Gervais ffs...

Very well said.

well.. magic is real, flying people with bird wings are real, and red horned cloven-hoofed red dudes underground are real. So there.

What? What kind of a childhood would that be.

That stuff is fun.


....for the adults.




>> ^chilaxe:
It makes the most sense to me to not teach kids anything made up... no Tooth Fairy, no Easter Bunny, no Santa Clause.
Reality is still good without them, and life is hard enough without believing things that aren't realistic.

is this a comedy?


no, sadly it's a tragedy

>> ^honkeytonk73:
well.. magic is real, flying people with bird wings are real, and red horned cloven-hoofed red dudes underground are real. So there.


Don't forget creatures with noodley appendages and teapots of celestial origin. They are so totally real.

>> ^chilaxe:
It makes the most sense to me to not teach kids anything made up... no Tooth Fairy, no Easter Bunny, no Santa Clause.
Reality is still good without them, and life is hard enough without believing things that aren't realistic.


Hmmm

Personally i dont know how i feel.

I'd like to know what (if any) difference its makes to people (as a trend)

>> ^chilaxe:
It makes the most sense to me to not teach kids anything made up... no Tooth Fairy, no Easter Bunny, no Santa Clause.
Reality is still good without them, and life is hard enough without believing things that aren't realistic.


woooooow... I disagree! Fictional characters, heroes, villains, stories, novels! are so important for childen development, as they actually gain life experience through them.

What a beautiful, beautiful man.

If I weren't into women, I'd want to have sex with his brain (since his body is a little lacking )...

I am sensing a steady decline in median IQ here at the Sift. Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy are not equivalent to fictional characters like the ones emulated by fantasy role players. I'm not even gonna define why, just gonna say that if you don't see the massive difference, you are dumb.

Furthermore, Santa Claus is actually an inoculant for religious thought, so as an atheist I'm all for those types of myth (the kind that are obviously fanciful).

As long as they are taught as fiction, then I see no problem with santa claus, the easter bunny, jesus, zeus or any of the big stories. When they are taught as truth, I have a problem with it, because it's not.

>> ^budzos:
I'm not even gonna define why, just gonna say that if you don't see the massive difference, you are dumb.