Re: Jesus is really God, but Santa is not real?


Captain Compassion wrote:
> On 30 Dec 2005 19:41:27 -0800, "E.L. Chamberlain" <indexai@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >You are taught to believe that if you are good, you will be rewarded by
> >Santa. You are taught that if you are good and accept Jesus you will
> >be rewarded and get into Heaven.
> >
> >Why is one not taken seriously but the other is?
>
> My children once questioned me about Santa. I told them that when they
> stopped believing in Santa then they would stop getting presents. The
> questions stopped.
>

How tyrannical of you! That's how Christianity works as well: don't
believe in Jesus and you won't get into Heaven. See how stupid that
is?


>
> --
> "The president and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing
> their memory, or their backbone, but we're not going to sit by and
> let them rewrite history." -- *** Cheney 11/16/2005
>
> "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
>
> "America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy." -- John Updike
>
> "Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
> so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
> to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
>
> "Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
> --Will Durant
>
> Joseph R. Darancette
> daranc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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