Or just a jolly fat red bloke
2006-12-07 21:45:45 · 19 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-12-09 06:04:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... Santa, giver of presents, lover of reindeer and children, he who brings peace on Earth each Christmas, he who gets his bottom stuck in the chimney, is in fact closely based on the devil. It has been commented that down under, sightings of Satan have proved consistent witht the theory that Santa's based upon him, because 1.) One he's Red, 2.) He has antlers (like rudolf), 3.) Satan has a large backside apparently [something to do with all the gays he receives] and last but not least, 4.) He likes milk and cookies.
This is subtantially anti-inverted, inconcievable and axially crossdressed evidence that SANTA is NASA (+T). An alternative pathway might lead to SATAN, although the Daily Mail cryptic crossword team would be highly disappointed at the ease by which this can be solved without empires (aka clandestine) evidence!
2006-12-08 06:49:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither. But it's Coke's fault for the image of Santa being a jolly fat bloke in red and white suit (Coke's colours, see?). They decided red and white was better than green and white, and that the jolly fat bloke image was the best one for their marketing campaign about 100 years ago. That's when the image of Sant as t.j.f.b first became established.
And did you hear about the dyslexic devil worshipper? He sold his soul to Santa.
2006-12-07 21:53:09 · answer #3 · answered by fingers 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santy, Santa Klaus or simply Santa, is a gift-giving figure in various cultures who distributes presents to children and adults, traditionally during the night of December 24, Christmas Eve, while everyone is sleeping. The popular American form Santa Claus originated as a mispronunciation of Dutch Sinterklaas, which is a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas (Saint Nicholas).
Santa Claus is a variation of a Dutch folk tale based on the historical figure Saint Nicholas, a bishop from Myra in Asia Minor (the greater part of modern-day Turkey), who used his whole inheritance to assist the needy, the sick, and the suffering. His charity became legend when a man lost his fortune and found himself incapable of supporting his three daughters, who would not be able to find husbands as they lacked dowries. This man was going to give them over to a life of prostitution; however, St Nicholas provided them with gold and cookies, enabling them to retain their virginal virtues and marry.
For more information, check out the source link, lots of details on different names in different countries and how the tradition spread world wide!
I always thought that Coca-Cola changed his colours but apparently the basis was Saint Nicholas' red bishops robes.
Merry Christmas!!!
2006-12-07 21:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by kitty 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, Santa as we know him today is an amalgam of characters including the Father Christmas image and ancient Norse Gods. Santa is the Latin word for Saint, and Nicholas was his original name. Keep in mind he's a Greek Orthodox Saint not a Catholic one.
I will ring your doorbell and run away!!!
2006-12-07 22:20:25 · answer #5 · answered by Satan Lord of Flames 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you are seeking. The Bible tells us to seek the Kingdom of God. That is a pretty broad statement. Jesus in John 14 12 tells us that we can do greater works if we can see him as he is in heaven better than he was on earth. So to improve on the Seek the Kingdom of God statement, I say unto you, Seek ye the Kingdom of Heaven in God. Seek ye the Love of God. If Santa brings joy and laughter and an unleashing of healing into your life or the lives of others, is that not functional and civil and loving? Is that not in the spirit of a search for a messiah who would meaningfully bring that healing into the world the best way he knew how? Isn't it our jobs to be as much of a messiah unto each other as we can? Whatever you seek in a being, whatever you provoke there and sometimes what others provoke there, it will manifest.
2006-12-07 21:52:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
FUNNY BOB ,ENGLISH BOB,ALL THE JOKES ARE COMING TO AN END ALONG WITH ALL THE FAIRY TALES YOU BEEN LIVING IN ,TALKING NONSENSE TOWARDS YOUR KING SATAN,I AM VERY HAPPY NOT FAT ,DON'T WEAR RED AND IS GOING TO BRING THIS WORLD OF MINE TO ONE BIG WOE,FOR YOU WHERE ALL WRONG AND HAD SUNG ALL THE WRONG SONG ABOUT WHAT THE DEVIL WAS AND IS AND HAS NOW COME TO STRAIGHTEN YOU OUT BEHOLD:COME=C=3 O=6 M=4 E=5=18:6,6,6 BOB AND WHO'S LAUGHING KNOW HA, HA =H=8 A=1=9+9+18:6,6,6
2006-12-07 22:54:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eh a jolly fat red bloke!! Stop trying to put a downer on Christmas!!!!!
2006-12-07 21:54:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa is the symbolic representation of the real Saint Nicholas.
2006-12-08 06:24:48 · answer #9 · answered by sfs18 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he's the symbolic embodiment of Saint Nicholas, a man who would go around his village giving presents and money to the unfortunate. Giving bags of his own earned gold to a homeless man, et cetera. And Santa, is of course, Spanish for 'Saint'
2006-12-07 21:51:44 · answer #10 · answered by Maitreya 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋