Study Says Children Who Play “Pretend” Are More Likely To Become Atheists

[Fweethawt]

This is pretty interesting. It's not a very large study. But the results are pretty neat non the less.

 

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/07/20/study-says-children-who-play-pretend-are-more-likely-to-become-atheists/

[Guest sylensikeelyoo]

Must have been what happened to me. LOLZ

[Travi]

My childhood was built on my imagination. No wonder I wound up here.

[Daffodil]

Hmmm . . . I've never known a child NOT to play pretend.

[Travi]

Hmmm . . . I've never known a child NOT to play pretend.

I have.

[mwc]

     Isn't religion just playing pretend?

 

     I suppose you have to realize or admit you're pretending for this to work?

 

          mwc

[yunea]

My childhood was built on my imagination. No wonder I wound up here.

Same.

 

If faith alone was evidence of something, the world would be a very strange place, according to how I viewed it as a kid.

[midniterider]

This is pretty interesting. It's not a very large study. But the results are pretty neat non the less.

 

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/07/20/study-says-children-who-play-pretend-are-more-likely-to-become-atheists/

 

Dont all kids play pretend?

[FarflungWanderer]

I couldn't have been the only one to create their own imaginary 1940s/1950s island nation (all my toys were of the Second World War, I made do), planned and executed precise operation plans in wars against equally imaginary 1940s/1950s aggressor nations, and created entire parallel timelines in my head for Star Wars that were (and years later I still hold are) better than the alien invasion timeline that the actual Star Wars writers created before they got called non-canon (The infamous Yuuzhan Vong was the name of this threat).

 

Right?