Why Christians ... why? Why do some Christians tell there children that there is a "Santa Claus" ... isn't that a lie? We expect our children not to lie but, we lie to them. We then expect them to believe in a God whom we can't see with a physical eyes. Yet, we expect a non-believing world to believe in Our God ... why? Oh, don't tell it's all in fun ... fun for the kids, right? How can we expect for anyone to listening and believe in us when we lie too. Santa Claus, tooth fairy, flying saucers/ aliens, monsters in the closets (Boogie monster) c'mon somebody answer this one.
Open your spiritual mind and heart to the truth.
2006-06-15 12:22:09 · 31 answers · asked by CuriousGirl 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is to the person that told you to sit on a pole....because why teach a child about Santa so all they think about Christmas is the gifts. The reason of Christmas is of Jesus' birth not some fat guy in a suit that sneaks into your home at night. i was never told that Santa was real. We focused on the birth. My family didn't get as many presents as the other families but we had the reason in our hearts. And if the world believes in Santa then why don't they believe in God? There's no proof of "Santa" and they believe then why do they need proof of God?
2006-06-15 12:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by BecBec 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, God, Jesus. ALL THE SAME. Fairy Tales. You Christians need to grow up.
2006-06-15 19:28:13 · answer #2 · answered by Some Dude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do so many non-Christians teach their (it's actually spelled that way) children to believe in a red-cloaked apparition allegedly created by the corporate monster Coca Cola? Even agnostics do that. Can't they see that it's a scam initiated by moneygrubbing CEOs with a bad sense of humor?
Actually, my parents told me Santa Claus was real until I was about ten, when they knew I had the brains to distinguish fact from fiction. It's almost like a rite of passage: you're old enough to know that there is no Santa Claus...
2006-06-15 19:28:50 · answer #3 · answered by scribble_muse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus is a very special person to little Christian children. I don't think it is telling a lie. Little children believe in many people that adults don't. There is the good fairy, guardian angels, imaginary friends, relatives they have never seen. Children are blessed with a wonderful sense of wonder which most of us let go as we try to make a way in the world.
2006-06-15 19:28:43 · answer #4 · answered by Betty S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess at the time; christians are (1COR.3:18-19) foolish. They believe in something that doesn't exist. Mostly I believe they want the children happy with gifts. They really don't see the spiritual nature until Christ comes fully in their heart.
I used to be one---"takes 1 to know 1".
I don't believe in the Pagan Beliefs; I finally found out about the Pagan Beliefs(JER.10; DEUT.4:19; 17:3; GAL.4:8-10) in 2003; so I don't lie to anyone nomore about Santa or any other subject.
Rev.21:8 "...AND ALL LIARS, SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE & BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH."
2006-06-15 19:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by KNOWBIBLE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus is a part of some families tradition - as it is in my family. My children (6 and 2) believe in Santa and my 6 year old also believes in God. Yes, she will outgrow the "Santa Claus" believing soon, but why not let her enjoy it now?? Why be so angry about it? You have never lied to your children about anything before? I find that very hard to believe.
2006-06-15 19:37:47 · answer #6 · answered by hotmomma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus is know from the real life person Saint Nicholas who spent his life following Jesus and was a very kind man. It is true that we give kids a fake story, but all in all, he was a real person who was a follower of the religion. I think we should tell them the real story instead of the fake one that has been told for so long. The thing is we cant just erase the old stories because they have been around so long.
2006-06-15 19:34:30 · answer #7 · answered by daredevil542002 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually managed to have my 7.5 year-old daughter never hear the words "Santa Claus" before she was 5 (at which time most kids would be giving up the belief anyway). At that time I told/read to her about St Nicholas and that some people like to pretend he is not dead. She thinks its as silly as I do to tell that to your children as truth, and is indignant as I am when people act like Christmas is about Santa or that Santa ("Red Guy") is for Christmas. My parents "played" Santa with me but never told me it was real as they didn't believe in lying to kids either. I have chosen not to associate it with Christmas at all. On December 6th when most of the world celebrates St Nicholas Day, is when we have our stockings, but we don't pretend that anyone but each other fills them. Honestly we started that tradition to make sure my daughter doesn't feel slighted or like she is missing out but she would have been perfectly happy just not doing it at all. On Christmas and Christmas Eve we do church activities and on Epiphany (December 6th) my daughter receives ONE wrapped present. Well from us. My sister and parents also each giver her something.
Tooth fairy - she eventually heard of it but thinks its silly. Again we never played it and again my parents only "played" it with me - no lying, and my daughter has never minded not getting money or wanting to play it. Honestly I can't imagine a child old enough to lose teeth naturally that could believe that anyway.
Easter bunny/Easter rabbit - she's actually still never heard of that! Of course she's heard the phrase, but just like "Easter bonnet", or Easter - " anything else. She has never heard the idea of a rabbit that brings stuff. On May Day she gets a flower thing that costs $1 or less (a sucker, rose pencil, stuffed flower etc., once it was a doll that was dressed liek a flower that I got for 90% off after Easter) and I started that years ago just in case she ever complained that other kids got Easter baskets. But so far, it has never come up in a way that she'd even find out that they do and I really think she wouldn't mind if she did. I'm sure someone will tell me that May Day has pagan origins like everything else, but at least I took it away from Easter to leave that only about Jesus.
2006-06-15 19:45:00 · answer #8 · answered by Arrow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian and I do NOT celebrate Christmas because it is based on pagan sun worship.
About Dec. 25 marks the re-birth of the sun (winter solstice) to the ancients. O.K. I know it is actually Dec 21or 22. But way back then, it took a few days to notice that the sun has actually begun to turn back.
A few hundred years after Christ, Dec. 25 was adopted in the church to celebrate the birth of the Son, actually a political move to please both christians and pagans. Internal evidence from the Bible would suggest that Jesus was not born on this date.
2006-06-15 21:02:56 · answer #9 · answered by flandargo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa Clause is a lie. The parents probably want a reason to give more gifts to their kids.
I cried when I found out Santa Clause wasn't real.
2006-06-15 19:25:01 · answer #10 · answered by erinbobarin12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋