God, The Acceptable Face Of Santa?

If as a mature grown up person we would be ridiculed and possibly put away somewhere if we still believed in Santa or the tooth fairy or even the Easter bunny.

Why then is it acceptable for us to still believe in God, he is just about as likely to exist as any other imaginary being. Isn't it time we treated these delusional god bothering weirdos the same as an adult believer in Santa clause, and put them out of harms way in a padded room of some description.