Santa gives us gifts at Christmastime and if we're naughty we just get a little coal in our stocking. Be we naughty or nice God kills us all eventually. Often in agonizing ways.
2006-11-06 20:20:39 · 9 answers · asked by wildmanmoon 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Santa was based on a real person. I can't see why not.
2006-11-06 21:07:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can believe in anything you want. Believing in something doesn't make it true. I could have stood on the beach in thailand on december 26, 2004 while everyone was screaming at me to run because there was a tital wave coming and just looked at them and said "I don't believe in tital waves". Had I done that, do you think I'd be typing this out on my computer today? I see no reason to believe santa claus exists. I see every reason to believe that God exists. Wherever you see design there's got to be a designer. That's just common sense. It's like Paly once said. He said that if you're walking along in a forest and you find a wrist watch that keeps perfect time, the only logical conclusion is that it was designed. Everywhere in the universe there is design. Just look around you. Anything that is living is infinitely complex. An atheist has to say what Richard Dawkins says, namely, that there is no real design in the universe.....just the appearance of design.
You just can't logically and realistically deny that there's design all through the universe. It's all around you. You have to be blind not to see it. There are branches of science that basically just study the design in nature.........scientific disciplines such as nano-technology and bio-mimetrics. These disciplines study the design in nature.......whales,bats,dolph have sonar.......and try to create machines that mimic that design. Everywhere you look there's design. Where there's design there's got to be a designer. That's just common sense. Creation is not an unproven theory. It's a common sense fact that we come to by just using a little logic and reason.
Let's look at what we know for sure. We know we're going to die eventually. We also know that there is a God for reasons I have just given you and many more that I could have given but lack the time. If we're going to die, what's on the other side of death. Maybe you just go into the grave and the worms eat you or maybe you just go to heaven and meet santa claus. That's what I call creating your own reality. If you want to play that game that's fine with me. I say you're playing russian roulette with eternity. Oh, by the way, you don't have to suffer in agonizing ways after death. That's what Christ came to save you from.
Mathew 11:28-30 says "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
http://www.intouch.org/index_76034.html
http://www.pleaseconvinceme.com/home.php
http://www.tektonics.org/
http://www.johnankerberg.org/Articles/_PDFArchives/theological-dictionary/TD4W1003.pdf
2006-11-07 04:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by upsman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would never trade my belief in God over someone who is not even a true saint. It is also not true that santa claus distributes gifts during x-mas eve. Thank God for the gifts you find under your x-mas trees because after all, everything comes from Him as He provides all that we need.
For us to taste death is not originally intended by God. But because of the sin of one man, death enter into the world. Science found that human body has the capability to exist eternally through regeneration process. In fact, there are living things (plants) which have existed for million years now. How much more for human which is the towering masterpiece of God's creation.
The existence of things around us and we ourselves are the best proof that someone far greater and intelligent than man created everything. The fact that man cannot duplicate any creation (someone tried to duplicate a human body by making robots but its all in vain) is enough for us to believe in the Almighty God.
Seek God and you will surely find Him because He is also looking for you to partake in his kingdom.
If today you hear His voice harden not your heart. . .
2006-11-07 05:04:57 · answer #3 · answered by Emmanuel M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would believe in Santa over god any day. I did get to see some presents under that tree every christmas morning. It was a blast!
2006-11-07 04:23:07 · answer #4 · answered by Delusional- Ignore me 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO way!!! i'd rather believe in God that Santa. besides, i'm a buddhist,so we don't celebrate Christmas......
2006-11-07 04:30:07 · answer #5 · answered by muaythai 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you lose somebody close to you to cancer (your mother)? God doesn't kill us. We kill ourselves or, we die of natural causes. If we believe in Jesus Christ we will live eternally with Him.
2006-11-07 05:03:49 · answer #6 · answered by Just_A_Guy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no satan never gives good gift children become more selfish.
2006-11-07 04:23:59 · answer #7 · answered by Sam's 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
thats one way of looking at things.....ho ho ho
2006-11-07 04:22:31 · answer #8 · answered by askaway 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I believe in BOTH -- DUH!
2006-11-07 04:25:18 · answer #9 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋