The Responsibility of the Sane Mind & the Power of Conversion

Quick question for my fellow Orgers:

Let's pretend, for a moment, that we have just agreed to adopt a newborn child.

With this decision made, what would be our responsibility, if any, to protect the child's mental stability?

Would you convert and later de-program your child into Santa Clausism?

Would you protect your child from becoming converted into superstitions that were contrary to your beliefs?

I ask this, partially because of the overwhelming transformation that the mind undergoes, after conversion.

The individual who undergoes conversion becomes convinced that, although unseen, entities exist, and these same entities have a stake in their personal well-being.

So I ask, what is our responsibility to our children, to ourselves, our families, friends, and foes, to the protection of sanity? Because once converted, the affected individual tends to become irrational;

'there is nothing that you can do or say, to convince me that Santa didn't hear my prayers or that Santa does not exist!'.....'you cannot prove to me that Santa does not exist, look around, the evidence is everywhere'....

I pose this question in all seriousness and invite anyone and everyone to reply.....

this is silly.

nosajd said:

Can you see cold? Does cold exist? How do you know cold exists if you can't see cold?

If I smell a fart and I didn't fart. I bet Santa did it.

If you don't lock up your child at home, you will never be able to protect them from everything.

God DAMN there are a lot of dumb motherfuckers walking around! - George Carlin
Stalkerwomen of the world unite in delusion!!!!!

Vendetta1 said:

nosajd said:

Vendetta1 said:

If you don't lock up your child at home, you will never be able to protect them from everything.

God DAMN there are a lot of dumb motherfuckers walking around! - George Carlin
Stalkerwomen of the world unite in delusion!!!!!

Vendetta1 said:

nosajd said:

What I mean is that children are exposed to a multitude of people and ideas every day so they only way to protect them, if that is what you want to do, is to keep them locked up.

Basically I'm calling bullshit on the thread premise.

Perhaps I may have been more clear.

What would be the harm in allowing a child to grow into adulthood with the idea of Santa, as being a fact? The same mental functionalities used to imagine and perpetuate Jesus, are the same ones to be used to perpetuate Santa.

-Neither exists Actually
-Both exist in self-created Realities

The harm would be self-delusion!

The point and purpose of this thread is the acknowledgement of the importance of guarding ones mind from mental self-trickery. Each of us has the capacity to create/dream into existence, the most elaborate deities and mythologies imaginable. But with this capacity comes great responsibility.

I apologize for not making myself more clearly understood.
[Edited 11/5/09 10:36am]

I hate the way little girls are treated while growing up, as dainty and delicate, only to be thrushed into the cruel world where nothing is ever dainty

I did raise my children to believe in God or Santa even though I believe God exists. You saying unequivocally that He does not, leaves no room for debate.

God DAMN there are a lot of dumb motherfuckers walking around! - George Carlin
Stalkerwomen of the world unite in delusion!!!!!

If by some fluk of bizzaro world a child was dropped in my lap and was told i couldn't drop it off at the corner dumpster i guess i would give it some time to grow into something im suppose to .....wait im bored.

dumpster.

Vendetta1 said:

free0001 said: