No he will be at the end of the Rainbow with a pot of gold
2007-08-05 11:58:37
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answer #1
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answered by Tom 4
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Why do people keep confusing Jesus with Santa Claus?
Matthew 24:26 tells of Jesus's second coming. Its says that when he comes, it will be as lightning lighting the entire sky. He will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the nations. And they will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send forth his angels with the sound of a mighty trumpet blast, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.
2007-08-05 18:59:48
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answer #2
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answered by justanotherone 5
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it doesn't matter how he shows up just that I go up when he does finally get here.....
but....UUUTTTOHHHHH.... I don't have a chimney 0.o now what do I do.
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I think you are thinking of Santa Claus..I wish you didn't think that Santa was Jesus.. Santa is clearly of the devil.. He wears red.. he has a hat to hide his hones and he is fat from gluttony. Gesk...
And if you are a none believer you wont see him at all so .... so whats up with this question.. sigh...
2007-08-05 19:03:57
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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I thought everyone knew that Jesus will be returning in POG form... I suppose that you could throw the POG sown the chimney though... but what if he got stuck?
2007-08-05 19:04:24
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answer #4
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answered by shadows 4
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1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 -- 1Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
2007-08-05 19:23:14
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answer #5
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answered by kaz716 7
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You got Him mixed up with
the other guy with long hair
and a beard...that's old Santa.
Jesus will come and split the
eastern sky, like lightning shines
from the east to west...awesome!
2007-08-05 18:56:40
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answer #6
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answered by teetiger 6
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"So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth". - Jesus (Matt. 13:49)
Well, you asked.
2007-08-05 18:56:30
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answer #7
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answered by Anonymous
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No, the chimney will be coming down.
2007-08-05 18:55:52
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answered by Anonymous
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That's ridiculous. You're intelligent. Your joke is getting rather old.
Sometimes atheists will ask why Christians believe in Jesus and not Santa Claus. Some atheists say that you cannot prove Jesus existed any more than you can prove Santa Claus exists. Of course, this is not accurate for several reasons."For an atheist to reject Jesus' existence based on arguments found against Santa Claus demonstrates the inability for the atheist to distinguish between historical verifiable documents and known constructed children's' stories."
First of all, Jesus is presented as an historical figure by reputable people in both secular and sacred historical writings. Santa Claus is simply presented as a fictional character.
Second, Jesus is presented as a real person who claimed to be divine and who performed miracles. These accounts are attested to by reputable witnesses and have been transmitted to us reliably; the New Testament documents are 99.5% textually pure. Santa Claus is intentionally and knowingly presented as a fictional character who lives at the North Pole.
Third, the intention of the gospel writers was to convey the physical reality of Jesus to responsible adults, where the accounts of Santa are intended to entertain the wild imaginations of children. This is why the vast majority of healthy, mentally competent adults do not believe in a real person known as Santa who can travel through air being pulled by several flying reindeer, who can carry in his sled enough presents for all the good children in the entire world, and who can descend and ascend through chimneys even though he is quite overweight.1
Fourth, the writings concerning Jesus exhibit an historical, cultural, religious, and political context with verifiable names, events, and places being an integral part of the record of that context and reality. Santa Claus stories do not contain any such integral contextualization except to state that there is a north pole and that there are cities and countries where Santa visits at night.
Fifth, the facts are that parents are the ones who buy, wrap, and deliver presents to children and we know of no documented occurrences where Santa Claus has been caught breaking and entering, tripping home alarm systems, caught on film, vanishing up a chimney, and riding a sleigh through the air pulled by flying reindeer. This latter point is worth commenting on since we additionally have no evidence at all that reindeer can fly, which further adds to the irrationality of the Santa Claus story. Additionally, if a large sleigh (sufficient to carry millions of toys) approached the Washington D.C. area (surely there are at least some good children there), we would expect to hear of military fighter jets being scrambled to intercept the intruder. No records of this have yet surfaced.
Sixth, given that the gospel accounts were written by individuals who knew Jesus personally (or were under the guidance of those who knew Him), that the gospels are historically accurate, superbly transmitted to us through the copying method, we can then assume at the very least, that Jesus was an actual historical person. But we have no hard evidence to establish the validity of Santa Claus. We have found no reindeer tracks strewn about the roofs of millions of snow-covered homes on Christmas Eve. There are no video accounts of Santa roaming throughout peoples' homes. We know of no flying reindeer, and no one has yet established how Santa can live at the North Pole for hundreds of years without being detected -- particularly in this technologically advanced culture. Add to that the lack of Santa Disciples going about the world, risking their lives, being ridiculed by religious and political adversaries, writing inspirational text, performing miracles, etc., and you really don't have much evidence at all that Santa exists except in the mind of children.
Finally, it really comes down to whether or not either one can be reasonably supported to exist. Very few people deny the historic reality of Jesus, and though millions of children affirm the existence of Santa we know well that the minds of children are not capable of differentiating between fantasy and reality -- particularly when the parents they are trusting tell them that Santa is real.
For an atheist to reject Jesus' existence based on arguments found against Santa Claus demonstrates the inability for the atheist to distinguish between historical verifiable documents and known constructed children's stories. Jesus was an actual historical figure. Santa, of course, is not.
2007-08-05 19:00:31
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answer #9
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answered by batgirl2good 7
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No he will come in glory to judge the living and the dead.
2007-08-05 18:56:53
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answer #10
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answered by Animal Girl 4
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It does say he will come like a thief in the night.
Will you be prepared?
2007-08-05 18:55:50
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answer #11
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answered by Me 6
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