I agree TNZ. There is almost no difference between telling children stories about the Eastern Bunny or the Tooth Fairy and telling them about a god or gods.
The only difference is that the Eastern Bunny never drowned all of the children on the planet (except one family's). The Tooth Fairy never murdered every first-born child in an entire country. And Santa Claus never sat back and watched his son nailed to a cross.
There is no crime I can think of substantially worse than the child abuse of threatening children with eternal torture to gain their compliance. That crime has kept humanity from growing up and behaving in a mature manner for millenniums.
What is implicit in the brain washing Tim has been subjected to is that there is someone in his life who will tell him what is evil and what is not. What is important to the self-anointed is power and control.
