Originally Posted by Crator
I disagree wholeheartedly. The reason is because once they get to 30 and they realize they don't have super-human powers one comes to the conclusion that they've been lied to. At this point they reject the people/ideas that fed them these lies. Same thing happens with religion.
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Didn't really bother me when my parents lied about Santa, the Easter Bunny, or the Tooth Fairy. Also no one would fall for that super-human stuff at 30. It's a bit unrealistic.
The trick is that with Religion (well Christianity) is that you don't find out until you're already dead. So no one is the wiser since they can't ask the person what happened. "When you die you get to go Heaven if you're good!" or "You get 72 virgins!". Perfect strategy since humans are extremely gullible, no offense. Works better when you get those ideas in when they're young. As adults we're a lot more skeptical toward new ideas.