Was ‘Scooby-Doo’ actually atheist propaganda for children?

Does “Scooby-Doo” teach children the core philosophical tenets of atheism?

I recently saw an atheist claim that “Scooby-Doo” was created to teach children about rationality and skepticism because every episode begins with a supernatural event — like a haunting ghost and unexplained phenomena — and ends with a “natural explanation” (i.e., it’s just a person in a mask).

I saw this claim on Reddit:

I just realized scooby-doo was made to teach kids skepticism and rationality

Suddenly it makes sense why my ultra religious mother ended up forbidding me from watching it as a kid. Last night, it suddenly occurred to me based on what I could vaguely recall about the show before I was banned from it that every episode was about something supernatural happening and then getting

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