Comments on: Do You Believe?

By: vashley

vashley — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:07:47 +0000

I just wanted to thank everyone who commented on my post. While some questioned my sanity for approving “negative” comments, I also respect the right to an opinion; even if it differs from mine.

As I tell my grandsons, we are all different flowers in one garden. Wouldn’t it be boring if everyone was a tulip???

Thanks again!

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:40:03 +0000

I never stopped believing ~ that would mean I would have had to grow up!

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:43:58 +0000

I’m also in the not-believing camp, and I’m not fond of the argument that life is less fun when you don’t believe. I’ve never believed in faeries, but let me tell you, my life became a LOT better when I let go of certain religious beliefs…

Faerie and the tales of it are so rich and varied that you don’t have to believe them to love them. And they’ve inspired so many beautiful pieces of art, including the poem and illustrations you included in the blog, the work of many of our Etsy teammates, and most of my work, too. I don’t have to believe that faeries are real to draw inspiration from them.

Besides, everyone knows that when things go missing or the lights go out, the cat is to blame!

By: kevin king

kevin king — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:00:27 +0000

Well, I was to comment on the article. I’ve seen these two posts now. And I think I’ll sit back with a cigar and see how it plays out.
But, I DO believe I like the poem by W. Allingham. Cute.

By: GMNightmare

GMNightmare — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:41:47 +0000

No, I don’t believe.

And you know what, and this is very important for people who think like the above, I don’t have to believe to enjoy something. I don’t have to believe to have joy and wonder.

In fact, it’s quite the opposite. You start to lose your sense of joy and wonder of the world when you believe. You are literally saying, that this life as it is without your faerie tales is nothing special, and that just isn’t the case. And as the poster above, they’ll make up whatever nonsense just to keep that illusion. The realm of faerie has “evolved” and changed to interact and communicate with us? C’mon, how egotistical… and what, how it used to be wasn’t enough? That’s just what happened when “believers” had to change their beliefs due to advancement of understanding about our actual wondrous world. “Oh, I guess that wasn’t faeries… but this other mystery must!” Have a little curiosity and actually explore our world instead of making things up every time something “unexplainable” occurs.

Just because you know something is fiction doesn’t ruin the entertainment value of it. Everybody who plays any kind of roleplaying or video game knows this. I love it, I program so I create whole worlds with all sorts of varying designs… but this doesn’t mean I’ve lost touch with how beautiful actual reality is.