Amen: Not necessarily ''So Be It,'' but usually ''So You Think, and So I Accept that You Believe''

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There are several things that people believe and that are not quite correct. It's okay that they believe them (no harm for as long as we live ... and the stories actually set people minds at-ease for as long as they live). But sometimes I get it in my head that 'to encourage someone's incorrect belief is equivalent to STATING that false belief,' and so I feel compelled to tell them how wrong they are! And others--who see 'my correction' there--often tell me that I'm not "helping" anything, I'm just "being mean." I'll give a couple examples, but first I want to make it clear that https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lying-definition/#:~:text=So-called%20%E2%80%98lies%20of%20omission%E2%80%99%20%28or%20%E2%80%98passive%20lying%E2%80%99%20%28Opie,equivalent%20to%20making%20a%20statement%20%28Fried%201978%2C%2057%29. "All lies are lies of commission." ... that is, I have to make the statement (or maybe answer a question) in order to be lying or telling the truth; agreeing with an untruth is not necessarily a lie. 'Lies of omission are told by the person hearing them.' The examples I think of: God delivering answers to prayers, Going to Heaven when you die, Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus.