Hermanutic of Trust

I recently saw an article posted to FB that said that a scientific study had shown that children raised in religious homes were "less likely to be able to distinguish between fact and fiction."  I will probably try to post a link to the article here soon, so you don't have to take my word for it, but that will require additional effort (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24995520).  Anyway, the study was conducted by telling different kids some of the more fantastic Bible stories, then told them some stories about magic and stuff, then told the kids reality-based stories.  And, surprise!, the kids that went to church or Christian schools were a) more likely to believe the Bible stories and b) more likely to believe the "fictional" stories than the non-churched children (try saying "non-churched children" 5 times fast for bonus points).  And from this study, the "scientists" (surely without bias or malice or any agenda of any kind) extrapolated that religious children have a harder time distinguishing between reality and fantasy.  But, I feel compelled to point out that these are children who are being told stories.  How dare these "scientists" imply that it is undesirable for a child to believe a story that is told.  I personally would rather cultivate a "hermeneutic of trust" in my children than a "hermeneutic of suspicion".  I want my kids to believe in magic, Santa, the Easter bunny, fairy tales, princess in castles, buried treasures in the back yard and ships that can sail to the moon as long as possible.  After all, they will grow up and have no problem telling the difference between reality and fantasy after they have had a chance to experience reality for themselves.  But, as children, isn't imagination, trust, and a willingness to believe that there is more out there than what we readily see and experience far more important than the ability to say whether a story is fact or fiction based?  Couldn't this study have been titled "Religious Children Shown to Have Better Imaginations Than Kids Raised in Non-Religious Homes" just as accurately? 

C.E.D. Huffmaster