God and Santa Claus

dduckwessel · #11 (**permalink**) 09-11-2005

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Originally Posted by geokker

'The Origin of Species' is a book containing information on the nature of life which I currently subscribe to. It may well be filled with errors and consequently be utterly wrong. I will publically acknowledge that this may be the case as far as I'm concerned.

Mr. Darwin was an excellent observer of nature and I believe he was correct about many things, in fact I had just asked a question on one of the forums where I personally believe that cats and rabbits are related on the evolutionary scale. If I am correct in my observations, it would prove Mr. Darwin's theory (speciation I think) of one species evolving into two distinct species.

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If I countered claims that the book is bogus with "no, you're wrong, the author is right. I will not entertain the possibility that there are fundamental flaws in his argument. The book will never, ever be wrong in any way. Ever." Then I would suspect chemicals in the water dulling my mind and immediately assume common attitudes applied to other aspects of my life like thinking there is a monster under my bed.

It is your perogative to disagree. I was, however, speaking about something which I could prove but I think that would be intimidating for some. Some people might ask, "What if it could actually be proven the Bible was authored by a 'superior' being - then I would have to re-think my ideas drastically."

Buffy · #12 (**permalink**) 09-11-2005

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Originally Posted by geokker

It is a lie.

To my mind, God is Santa Claus.

Excuse me. You have this backwards: Santa is God. And he's a good one too. He's pushed hard to make 25 December a non-denominational celebration of kindness, family, love, giving and oneness. Just like any religion, he gets hijacked by the greedy and the power-hungry, but like South likes to say, you've got to ignore those idiots: they're not true believers.

And the Eater Bunny, too.

And you'll notice no smilies here, so get off your high horse and deal with it. Santa and the Bunny are the only gods worth worshiping.

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So, my point is - and I started out 'thinking' I had a point - is the belief in God purely the folly of the weak minded? (If you disagree with me on any point, I will of course consider you to be weak minded.)

Who you callin' weak minded? Belief in Santa is the *only* logical belief there is, that is fully consistent with the current understanding of cosmology, evolution, and special relativity. You want to be intelligent? Are you hip to Santa?

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Having said that, I'd like to be convinced otherwise.

Name even *one* other deity who not only makes appearances to mortal humans, but hangs out at the shopping mall for 18 hours a day for 3 months of the year. Do you know *anybody* who has *not* met Santa? Don't tell me you haven't! You prolly sat on his lap! And you don't *believe* he exists? Have you completely lost your grip on reality?

Rudolf the red-nose reindeer,
Buffy

geokker · #13 (**permalink**) 09-11-2005

Fat, bearded, middle-aged, child-friendly get-up, cute pets, gives children presents, careful not to leave tracks, befriends parents, vague address, sham marriage, travels by night.

He adheres tightly to a certain stereotype...

Buffy · #14 (**permalink**) 09-11-2005

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Fat, bearded, middle-aged, child-friendly get-up, cute pets, gives children presents, careful not to leave tracks, befriends parents, vague address, sham marriage, travels by night.

He adheres tightly to a certain stereotype...

Bah! Commie propaganda! Its the fat that's a dead giveaway, those molesters are all *skinny*! And Santa gives presents to *everyone*--not just the kiddies--and only takes the milk and cookies!

Test-of-Faith,
Aunt Buffy

Tormod · #15 (**permalink**) 09-14-2005

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And Santa gives presents to *everyone*

Bah. He doesn't give to the BAD kids. And he didn't bring me that plasma screen I wanted.

Buffy · #16 (**permalink**) 09-14-2005

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Bah. He doesn't give to the BAD kids. And he didn't bring me that plasma screen I wanted.

Of course he gives stuff to bad kids! They get lumps of coal or underwear or ugly ties! Heck he prolly has as much fun with the bad list as the good!

So, we know you're gonna be *extra* good this year to get that plasma screen TV, right?

Oh gosh! Its mid September already! Only 30 days until Xmas shopping season starts!

HoHoHo,
Buffy