Comments on: The “liberal war on Christmas” bullshit starts again

By: nobody

nobody — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 07:50:19 +0000

you all need to check your facts before you go linking santa with christmas. As someone who was raised by fundies, I can inform you that if you mix up the letters in santa, it spells satan. santa is a plot of the devil to draw the attention away from jesus. kids who believe in santa are deceived by the devil and going to hell.

The more moderate fundies who understand the etymology of santa will tell you that Saint Nicholas is a catholic saint associated with a catholic holiday on december 6. catholics are going to hell because they aren’t real christians because they worship saints instead of god. That’s idolitry. So you see, if you believe in santa, you’re still going to hell, but for a slightly more complicated reason.

Those are the party lines… at least they were last time I checked… I suspect that santa is part of the perceived war against christmas… any time you see santa instead of a nativity scene, it’s part of what fox news is complaining about.

By: catherine

catherine — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 20:17:39 +0000

I really liked your piece last year about your son and his response to the harassment. Where can we send him gifts, the poor little Tiny Tim?

Christmas has been a secular holiday for me for so long that I didn’t even note the excessive Xianity until recently. Well, about the time I began to note the excessive Xianity everywhere? Thanks for keeping us informed.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:39:44 +0000

“Check out the shirt at the Landover Baptist Church store. For anyone who might be interested.”

The back should say:

“…except nobody fills in for his lazy ass!”

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:11:57 +0000

Does it not occur to us to see the similarities between this theistic God image and Santa Claus? Check out the shirt at the Landover Baptist Church store. For anyone who might be interested.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:25:21 +0000

Tony D- nice point… it’s as if Santa is the perfect setup for xian brainwashing. The little xian youngsters believe in Santa and are wary… fear guides the early xians in hope of gifts and not embarassment. When the little xians come of age they’re told that although Santa’s fake, gawd is real …really real …and the presents are happiness and the coal is hell!!!

How unfortunate for the little xians to stop getting presents from Santa and never getting a fucking thing from their grown-up gawd.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:29:48 +0000

Oh, those poor persecuted Christians. How long until no one even remembers a holiday named Christmas? How absurd.

By: Lya Kahlo

Lya Kahlo — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:01:23 +0000

I can’t help it – the constant whining and persecution complex of these people is fucking hilarious. The more they do it, the bigger asses they make out of themselves.

Anyone watch ‘Closer to Home’ last night? A perfect example.

By: Tony D

Tony D — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:39:06 +0000

Does it not occur to us to see the similarities between this theistic God image and Santa Claus? We are told that Santa Claus has an all-seeing capacity. “He’s making a list and checking it twice. Going to find our whose naughty or nice.” Does that not sound like the all-seeing record keeping theistic deity? This Santa figure also comes out of the infinite skies, accompanied not by heavenly host but by magical reindeer. He brings presents to the good children as their reward and ashes and switches to the bad children as their punishment. Santa is but one more icon of the theistic deity who as the personal judge gives the ultimate reward of heavenly bliss through all eternity to the deserving or the fiery punishment of hell through all eternity. Such a deity would inspire exactly the kind of worship we have offered. It is worship filled with praise and breast-beating, confession of our unworthiness, accompanied by pleas for mercy.