Rafi's beliefs
Sunday, November 17th, 2024 06:41 pmNot sure how I have managed to raise my six-year-old such that he has doubts about the existence of God and the angels,* but remains firm in his conviction of the existence of the Tooth Fairy† and that his grandfather and myself can work magic.
* In that he independently came up with something very close to Pascal's Wager: "I hope God exists, because otherwise we're wasting an awful lot of time davening."
† Despite the doubtless forgotten time a year ago I told him I'd used a ferry to cross the river on a bike ride, and he replied, "But ferries don't exist!"
* In that he independently came up with something very close to Pascal's Wager: "I hope God exists, because otherwise we're wasting an awful lot of time davening."
† Despite the doubtless forgotten time a year ago I told him I'd used a ferry to cross the river on a bike ride, and he replied, "But ferries don't exist!"