Introduction: fantasy, religion, and missing teeth.(Is There a Need for Fantasy?) From: Free Inquiry | Date: June 22, 1995| Author: Madigan, Timothy J. | COPYRIGHT 1995 Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Several humanists assert that religious fantasies and fiction such as the Virgin birth and resurrection serve to distract persons from perpetually thinking about unanswerable questions such as the afterlife. Moreover, they believe that the only solution for such senseless and irrational thought should be honesty. However, such a solution raises an ethical question since enlightening people about the falseness of their superstitutions and beliefs could make their lives meaningless. A more viab...

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