Do fairy tales prime children for religion?

In an eloquent piece published in the WSJ, Tony Woodleif writes about how Richard Dawkins believes that fairy tales promote “anti-scientific” thinking among children. Dawkins has a point, but Woodleif’s point was just as strong, if not stronger. Such tales also teach children to believe in the impossible. If humans didn’t believe in the impossible, we wouldn’t have air travel or a host of other things we now think of as science.