God, Father Christmas, and the Tooth Fairy

The number of British people calling themselves atheists is increasing daily. Up until the 1980s British schools were based around a Christian foundation, teaching Christian ways. Now, however, the names of God and Jesus are only allowed to be spoken in blasphemy. God is considered to be a mythical being, given the same rank as Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy. Creationism, which was taught and believed many years ago, is now considered a myth along the lines of fairy tales by the brothers Grimm.

But if God is no more real than mythical characters, why do people cry out to him in their hour of need? Why does a drowning atheist cry out to God as a last resort? Why does nobody in distress ever ask their fairy godmother for help? Surely it makes no difference which mythical being you call out to?

There are many people in this world who have little money and would be overjoyed to be given enough to buy even a loaf of bread. But if one of these people lost a tooth you can be sure they wouldn't waste time putting it under their pillow, just in case the tooth fairy might leave them some money. Likewise, any penniless adult will be worried at Christmas because Father Christmas is not going to come and leave the children presents, no matter how much they believe in him.

People do not believe in things they know cannot exist. People still believe in God because they cannot prove that he doesn't exist. They know there is a possibility that he exists - nobody prays to a being they disbelieve in, no matter how desperate they are.

Atheists believe that there could be alien life forms in existence that are more technologically advanced than ourselves. There have been reports of many unexplained incidents, but there is hardly any evidence backing up such things. Still, given such a lack of real evidence, many atheists believe without question that aliens exist. But these same people will not believe that God exists no matter how much evidence is presented to them.

If people want to believe in something, if it is of benefit to them or they find it interesting, they will not care about evidence. Likewise, if people do not want to believe in something they will ignore any evidence presented to them. The facts seem to indicate that people do not want God to exist, not that they disbelieve in him.

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	God, Father Christmas, and the Tooth Fairy The number of British people calling themselves atheists is increasing daily. Up until the 1980s British schools were based around a Christian foundation, teaching Christian ways. Now, however, the names of God and Jesus are only allowed to be spoken in blasphemy. God is considered to be a mythical being, given the same rank as Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy. Creationism, which was taught and believed many years ago, is now considered a myth along the lines of fairy tales by the brothers Grimm. But if God is no more real than mythical characters, why do people cry out to him in their hour of need? Why does a drowning atheist cry out to God as a last resort? Why does nobody in distress ever ask their fairy godmother for help? Surely it makes no difference which mythical being you call out to? There are many people in this world who have little money and would be overjoyed to be given enough to buy even a loaf of bread. But if one of these people lost a tooth you can be sure they wouldn't waste time putting it under their pillow, just in case the tooth fairy might leave them some money. Likewise, any penniless adult will be worried at Christmas because Father Christmas is not going to come and leave the children presents, no matter how much they believe in him. People do not believe in things they know cannot exist. People still believe in God because they cannot prove that he doesn't exist. They know there is a possibility that he exists - nobody prays to a being they disbelieve in, no matter how desperate they are. Atheists believe that there could be alien life forms in existence that are more technologically advanced than ourselves. There have been reports of many unexplained incidents, but there is hardly any evidence backing up such things. Still, given such a lack of real evidence, many atheists believe without question that aliens exist. But these same people will not believe that God exists no matter how much evidence is presented to them. If people want to believe in something, if it is of benefit to them or they find it interesting, they will not care about evidence. Likewise, if people do not want to believe in something they will ignore any evidence presented to them. The facts seem to indicate that people do not want God to exist, not that they disbelieve in him.