Is Santa Satan?

[Bob]

i find it interesting all the walking on water, healing, and resurrecting went on 2 thousand years ago, but lately, with billions of people on this earth, that type of activity has died down a bit.

 

[ShallowsNole]

i find it interesting all the walking on water, healing, and resurrecting went on 2 thousand years ago, but lately, with billions of people on this earth, that type of activity has died down a bit.

I find it interesting that this is a South Walton County message board but some around here deliberately try to engage folks with traditional Walton County / Florida Panhandle values into having to defend them.

As to your point, a quick scan of Revelations might provide some insight. While I believe it, I don't expect you to.

 

[Gidget]

Not necessarily a jolly man with flying reindeer, but the feeling you get when you bring a smile to someone else's face.

I totally agree with that feeling

The lonnnnnnnnnnng posts in the thread were not meant to cause a headache or to rehash old threads, but to open discussion to those who care to do so. The Santa/Satan thing is a troll obviously because the owner of this thread has failed to even state his/her opinion. But to start a bashing of Christian belief is not productive and is an insult to many on this forum - so I hope that this thread can just slide down the chimney unless actual discussion is possible. BUT LOL Santa/Satan what's there to discuss :roll::roll:

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[LuciferSam]

i find it interesting all the walking on water, healing, and resurrecting went on 2 thousand years ago, but lately, with billions of people on this earth, that type of activity has died down a bit.

Higher population means too many naysayers to either kill off or threaten with torture. In the present day extraordinary claims tend to address less tangible and less falsifiable items such as astrology, feng shui, alternative medicine, alien visitations/abductions, conspiracy theories, near death experiences, and so on.

 

[scooterbug44]

The thread started as "is santa satan?" - we stayed remarkably focused considering and I didn't note any religious insults, just some discussion....................rather amazing considering the level of rude behavior and "debate" we've been dealing with lately.

The reason I know about the connections between Christianity and other religions like Mithrias is from touring the early Christian burial sites and the catacombs under the VATICAN w/ priests and through discussion with religious scholars - I find it interesting, not an attack on a religion.

 

[LuciferSam]

I find it interesting that this is a South Walton County message board but some around here deliberately try to engage folks with traditional Walton County / Florida Panhandle values into having to defend them.

As to your point, a quick scan of Revelations might provide some insight. While I believe it, I don't expect you to.

I find it interesting that you think people with your values have some sort of seniority on this board.

 

[scooterbug44]

And now it has gone

Totally unnecessary to be rude.

 

[tailwagger]

Is there something wrong with starting a thread with a provacative title? Was I attacking anyone or santa or satan or religion? - no. This is an old topic that goes back hundreds of years that everyone talks about every year and I find it interesting. Maybe people's responses are more interesting than the topic itself.

What does santa have to do with christians anywho? Satan - maybe.

Personally I think santa on one hand is lovely and all the spirit of giving etc., but it really runs counter to Jesus doesn't it? Isn't the christmas spirit really about love? on the other hand, Santa has morphed into all about the getting and greed. And why start out a kid's life lying to them? Fictional characters and myths are great but don't lie as long and hard as you can to fool kids. We'll never progress as a species until we stop treating myths like Santa or Jesus as literally real and brainwash kids. It builds a foundation for our society based on deception and ultimate disappointment.

Black Friday? What the heck is that about? People are getting trampled and killed for a cheap piece of electronics. Sounds like the work of satan to me.

I am not usually this direct. I need a snack.

 

[AlphaCrab]

Well, I don't believe in Satan, The Easter Bunny, Unicorns, or Mermaids... Maybe they have an inherent value to some people, but I just really wish these imaginary figures would all just go away permanently.

 

[Bob]

I find it interesting that this is a South Walton County message board but some around here deliberately try to engage folks with traditional Walton County / Florida Panhandle values into having to defend them.

As to your point, a quick scan of Revelations might provide some insight. While I believe it, I don't expect you to.

i believe it's not worth getting jacked up over. traditional panhandle values were the folks with the bows and arrows. they worshiped nature, and were slaughtered by christians.