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I've no recollection of ever having a belief in santa, the tooth fairy, god, easter bunny, etc. I suppose I was aware that other people believed in it, but for a while there I guess I thought that the adults just pretended to believe for the sake of their children.
I suppose as charitable as I can be to true believers is that they are still, in some way, children... and need the belief in an authority superior to them to function in the world or have yet to cast aside a few final childish beliefs.
I have a someone less friendly view of people that merely use religion to justify apathy, hate, or to spread an otherwise broken way of life. But if they're happy living that way and not making anyone else unhappy, more power to 'em.
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