Oh pulleeeeze........
And who decides if the “real” stories are real?
As far as I can tell, religious children can actually have fun, and a big imagination.
Like global warming?
I remember back in the 1920s-30s, a certain European government who conducted these kinds of studies on children of a religious persuasion. Eventually they ended up sending them to death camps.
Its the liberal way. Dehumanization ——> Annihilation.
Also, brought to you by the British Broadcast Communists who harbor pedophiles like Saville and Harris. What’s the bet the children in this study were molested?
But of course, they see it as preferable to raise children as atheists, with no moral standards. Of course what do you expect.
Sarcasm
‘”This study proves a benefit of religion, not a detriment, because research shows how imaginative and fictional thinking, fantasy play, aid in the cognitive development of children,” writes Eliyahu Federman in USA Today. “Raising children with fantastical religious tales is not bad after all.” [...]
‘”Those claiming that belief in religious stories harms children should be interpreting research and science correctly,” he says.
‘”Not only is there benefit in allowing children to think imaginatively without forcing them into the mindset of perceived reality, but according to at least one study, raising children with religion also increases self-esteem, lowers anxiety, risk of suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, and dangerous sexual behaviour.”
‘But other commentators found that the implications of the research should not be taken so seriously.
‘”Are we really going to say that kids who are taught to believe the Bible is true are somehow developmentally delayed because they’re more likely, at age 5 or 6, to believe fantastical things?” writes Jenny Erikson for the Stir.
‘”Flip side to this equation could be that secular kids are taught to lose their sense of wonder and imagination at an earlier age than their Bible-believing friends.”’
This coming from a network who had one of the worst serial pedophiles in UK history on their payroll for YEARS......and turned a blind eye.
Does this include ALL the religions? Or are ‘certain’ ones exempt?
Alternate title: Religious kids more likely to be open-minded in considering possibilities.
What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon. — G.K. Chesterton in Tremendous Trifles (1909)
Shocking that the BBC would publish this considering that the number one baby name in England is Mohammad.
Children with a religious upbringing tended to view the protagonists in religious stories as real …If from the Bible, they are 100% real. Of course, the commies in Boston U treat all “religious” stories as the same.
BBC continuing war on Religion (Islam, isn’t one)
OMG. Do these people have any morals at all?
Just as we need to evaluate exact poll questions and how such question were asked with respect to being told how people responded to a poll, we need to evaluate exactly what children were presented with in this study get the complete picture as to why children responded the way that they did.
Ah the progressive agenda. Always present.