If you believe in God, then why not believe in Santa?

Question

.......and don't tell me because the Bible says so, that's the weakest excuse I've ever heard.

Answer 1

Oh wait for it.. the wacky fun loving christians will have to throw biblical lines here whether you want them or not, they can't help themselves.. How about leprechauns and the tooth fairy and pirates. I do believe in pirates. I tihnk.

Answer 2

Santa is a known myth, and I apeal to evidence for the existance of God.

I say we have images God has placed in creation we can look at and know they are evidence that the world was designed. The number five becomes important for no apperent reason. How is it that we have five fingers, there are five points on a star fish, five points to the pattern on a sand dollar, five planets that are visible to the naked eye from earth, and five points on the maple leaf, and yet there are (fewer for sure, yet still) other animals that have only four fingers, some six or seven pointed speiecies of starfish, and no reason why a particular number of planets should be visible other than design?

We also have the swonrn testamony of the New Testament. (Testament and testamony were pretty much synonyms at the time people were naming the New Testament in English.) The Gospel writers swore to have either seen the risen Christ, or to know people who had seen him personally. And what did they gain for their statement? A life of pain, persecution, and ultimately execution, for most of them. And the whole time, they carefully repeated the same story: he died under Pilate, was in the grage three days, and rose, and was seen by many. Very few people go to their death for what they know is a lie. The terrorists who do suicide bombings all believe what they are saying is true. The difference between the terrorists and the Apostles: the terrorists are saying, "What I was told is true, so I die for it." The Apsotles said, "What I saw is true, and I will not live if I have to say otherwise." Who would die saying they have seen Santa, other than small children in the mall?

And even more recently, we have Joan d'Arc, whose trial was recorded by her enemies, and yet she made three prophesies that came true, which indicated she had a supernatural insight into the events that were unfolding. And yet, where did she claim these insights came from? From God's emisaries! And when she was wrong, as she was also wrong three times, it was in things where she had clearly stated before hand that her voices wouldn't tell her. Joan d'Arc was just a country girl with the military stratigum of a beaver. However, she was guided by a force that could determine the outcome of a battle months, sometimes even years in advance, before the armies were even assembled.

Answer 3

Good analogy...wow.. so I should stop believing in a higher power you call God because there is no Santa. Now that is the weakest excuse I have ever heard for not believing in God.

Answer 4

Why WOULD you believe in Santa? The Bible has prophecies that have been fulfilled, and promises that have been kept. That's why I believe what the Bible says. What proof is there of a Santa. Has there ever been a picture taken of Santa and his reindeer in the air, or Santa coming down a chimney? If he was real, not only would there be MANY pictures of him, but all of them would look like the same guy, because it WOULD be the same.

Answer 5

God has that Holy Fire thing sounds pretty cool, santa sounds even more make believe than God, he's a big fellow who lives at the North Pole, (Which is melted certain times of the year.) with reindeer. Plus there are never any presents under my tree from Father Christmas so either my family is very naughty and don't deserve any or perhaps it is because the chimneys are very small or there is the solution that he just does not exist.

Answer 6

I believe in God.
I believe in the spirit of Santa.
That being the spirit of giving...but not in a religious context.

Not being a Christian, I can still appreciate the significance of this holiday and the mythology surrounding Santa Claus.

The history of Santa (Saint Nick, Sinterklaas, etc...) is rather fascinating.
And regrettably, it has evolved into a way for businesses to make money.

I do find it extremely odd when some of my Christian friends refuse to give or accept gifts.
But then, those are the same people that think Halloween is evil.

To each his own!

Answer 7

Well, I don't know if I can answer this question in a way that you would like, but I can tell you that the ramifications of whether or not you believe in God are much, much greater than weather or not you believe in Santa. Santa involves a childs dream of having a man in a red suit bring presents to you on Christmas eve. The questions of whether or not God exists and what his nature is, follows a person for as long as they live. For most of us the question of santa is settled when we are 8 yrs old.
Questions of God deal with our eternal destiny, who or what shapes our moral fiber, as well as many, many other things. Even those who do not believe in a God would have to admit that comparing a belief in God with a belief in Santa, at best, belittles and disrespects those who do believe in God. It's like asking to compare the strength of Mike Tyson and Emmanual Lewis.

Answer 8

If you arrange the letters of Santa, you get SATAN! Good reasoning... If you think of satan, you may see horns and red skin. Santa wears a red suit. Parents reason that they owe the whole Christmas myth to their children! Christmas traditions are focused primarily on kids, and they are certainly the center of most of what happens.

Some years ago, a priest in New Jersey told his Sunday school class that Santa was a myth. The outrage from parents and his supervisors was swift. He had “killed Santa!” He had “destroyed family tradition!” He had “usurped family authority,” the article continued. He was officially censored by his superiors for being “overzealous and insensitive.”

His crime? He told the truth!

According to Langer's Encyclo-pedia of World History, (article “Santa”), “Santa” was a common name for Nimrod throughout Asia Minor. This was also the same fire god who came down the chimneys of the ancient pagans and the same fire god to whom infants were burned and eaten in human sacrifice among those who were once God's people.

Today Santa Claus comes from “Saint Nicholas.” Washington Irving, in 1809, is responsible for remaking the original old, stern bishop of this same name into the new “jolly St. Nick” in his Knickerbocker History of New York. (Most of the rest of America's Christmas traditions are even more recent than this.) “Old Nick” has long been recognized as a term for the devil.

In Revelation 2:6 and 15, we read about a “doctrine of the Nicolaitanes,” which Christ twice tells His Church “[He] hates.” Let's analyze the word Nicolaitane. It means “follower of Nicholas.” Nikos means “conqueror, destroyer.” Laos means “people.” Nicolaitanes, then, are people who follow the conqueror or destroyer—Nimrod. If you have believed that following Christmas is an innocent Christian custom, let this truth sink in!

Answer 9

I didn't realize that Santa had any sort of Bible to back him up, or any real historical evidence to support the fact that he actually does break into people's homes and deliver toys each year (although St. Nicholaus did in fact exist). But why are you really concerned with what I believe anyway? You can doubt the existence of God all you want and see where that gets you in life (and in death)...not my problem, although I do feel sorry for you.

Answer 10

Let me come at this question from a scientific standpoint. Consider the circumstances required for the big bang to happen (which Stephen Hawking has recanted, anyway). There is a long list of requirements, things that had to happen in just the right way, in order for our existence to be possible. The Anthropic Princible is not sufficient in explaining how all these things went exactly right. It seems likely to me that some intelligence guided the process. I'm not saying this justifies this or that religion; only that there is SOMETHING here other than just us.

Answer 11

Yeah well I believe in the spirit of Christmas, and I know that there once was a Santa, but I know for a fact there is no Santa, because he doesn't come to peoples houses..well atleast every person I have met!! So come on....