to me its like the the tooth fairy,sandman,easter bunny and the big one Santa Claus, most kids are told these stories to placate questions they have,we tell them to be good or Santa wont bring gifts,they are afraid when they lose teeth so well them a magic fairy will give us something if we put in under our pillow and dont peak and as adults we "know" these to be false now, but they believe it wholeheartedly, thousands of years ago the Greeks were convinced that a god pulled the sun across the sky and only a few hundred years ago alot of people thought the Earth was flat and it was the center of everything, 60 years ago America thought the Russians were goin to destroy us...you see where all those thoughts got us?? My point is that sometimes people believe what they want to believe to make themselves or someone else feel better, "well, whats wrong with that?" you might be asking, whats wrong is that through fear,paranoia or even compassion can come heartbreak, when alot of kids find out there is no Santa they cry. Im not saying remove Santa from all memory but be responsible, if a group of 30 year olds, perfectly healthy mature ones, believed in Santa for real what would you say to them?? I'll tell you most of you would either laugh or think they needed to be put away, and yet we believe in things just like Santa....dont believe me, here are examples that make sense to me.....
The Tooth Fairy is like destiny, stay with me... you lose your teeth no stopping it though no ones knows when or how for sure and then you put your tooth under your pillow and poof theres money in the morning...it was meant to be! it can also be compared to god, most kids are scared/in pain when they lose teeth so we tell them the tooth fairy will give them something special for their tooth to calm them down, much like adults believe that if we pray/hope/have faith our pain will be stopped or at least rewarded one day.
The sandman is used to explain sleepy dust, the boogie man is the embodiment of every kids fears, we as adults arent aloud to believe in a magical rabbit that lays eggs and leaves you candy but we can believe in unseen forces that are "in control" to make us sleep a little easier.
Santa is to me best described as Karma, thats right karma is Santa for adults, people who think karma exists think that if i do good ,good will be done to me, (Santa gives gifts to well behaved children) if some one does wrong they will get theirs! ( Santa gives coal to badly behaved children)
Isn't it at least possible that we have grown to believe in things like karma and fate and gods plan because we are afraid of it not being planned, we are afraid of things being random, we tell kids santa is always watching so be good no matter what...and with adults we just replace the word Santa with God. I dont need a "spiritual" or karmic/fated reason to love someone or to have hope for tomorrow, faith isnt real hope, faith is a crutch people lean on to calm their fears, hope doesn't need karma,fate or a "plan", i have hope that i will one day meet a girl that can put up with me lol, no i don't think we will be predestined or fated, or if she cheats on me that shell definitely get punished, because i don't need to, im secure enough to know how i should be and treat the world and everything in it, without fables and regardless of the outcome, all these stories we tell ourselves end well, because that helps us feel better, but what if something bad happens at the end??
I just think that fairy tale's can do more harm than good when they are let to get out of control, so many people are so convinced of the spiritual,moral and cosmic behavior of the universe that it astounds me, when people are faced with something they cant explain like an 8 year old girl with cancer that's untreatable, we say "its gods plan" or "everything happens for a reason" but whats so different from those statements and things people believed about Greek gods? are Zeus and Santa any less provable than God and Karma????
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