Unforgiven Too

That's what happened to me.

I may have written earlier somewhere about how I believed in unicorns as a kid and was told by those at the Catholic school I had to go to that they weren't real, how they gave all these logical arguements why they weren't real, and then informed me that, despite the total lack of logic in their own belief, they're right and I'm wrong.

Well, another thing that always got under my skin (though I didn't quite know why until I grew older) was the way they'd teach us all this mumbo-jumbo in religion class about Christianity and how "real" it is, then we'd read about another religion in social studies or legends of greek gods in reading. Their approach to the non-Christian things was to insinuate that it's just laughable superstition and illogical fantasy--and they'd be sure to tell us it's not real. Almost as if they were laughing at a silly stupid child who doesn't know anything. But we know better. . . right? Ha ha.

The whole greek god thing is a good idea, from my viewpoint. It's a great way to demonstrate (even to a kid) how religious belief is relative, etc.

CALDONIA

I am not sure what is being asked in this thread. Belief in myths can be harmless. But is it possible that non-believers in Santa Claus are condemned to burn in Hell for eternity, like many Christians believe is a just fate for non-believers in God/Jesus?