{"id":221,"date":"2007-05-15T00:58:11","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T04:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/221"},"modified":"2007-06-19T09:37:45","modified_gmt":"2007-06-19T13:37:45","slug":"i-used-to-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/221","title":{"rendered":"I used to believe . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always found it fascinating to see how difficult it is for adults to appreciate children&#8217;s cognition. It seems as if when the brain makes those leaps from one stage of cognition to another  we develop a sort of cognitive amnesia arelated to how we used to perceive the world at a previous stage. Unless one is trained or working in a field that involves daily contact with children it often becomes a challenge to appreciate the mind of the child. As Paul the Apostle wrote, &#8220;When I was a child I thought like a child, reasoned like a child, but when I became a man I put away childish things.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iusedtobelieve.com\/people\/lies\/\">I used to believe: the childhood beliefs site  <\/a> is a delightful place where people share their memories of former ways of thinking and perceiving. I use this site in my Educating in Faith (click here for a course syllabus: <a href='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/m3730-syllabus-2007.pdf' title='m3730-syllabus-2007.pdf'>m3730-syllabus-2007.pdf<\/a>) course as a way to discuss the concept of faith formation related to cognition and stages of faith. You&#8217;ll find some of the things people used to believe related to faith on the website, along with other common (and some not-so-common) ones. <\/p>\n<p>Take a moment and think back to a previous stage in your life: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify ideas or concepts you used to believe but no longer do. Share some of those. <\/li>\n<li>Do any of the entries on the website match your own experience?<\/li>\n<li>When did you stop believing what you used to believe? What caused the change? What replaced the former truth&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li>Why is it that children so readily adopt those childhood believes?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever had to unlearn something? What? How difficult was it to give up your belief?<\/li>\n<li>Can you identify commonly held beliefs that adults still have from their &#8220;childhood faith&#8221;?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a child I used to believe that clowns were &#8220;real.&#8221; When I was told (by my mother, no less) that they were just regular people with painted faces and funny costumes it felt like a kick in the gut. Thanks mom. <\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/galindobanner3.jpg' alt='galindobanner3.jpg' \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Winston Churchill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always found it fascinating to see how difficult it is for adults to appreciate children&#8217;s cognition. 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