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- From: npm@dale.cts.com (Nancy Milligan)
- Subject: Is Santa Claus God?
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:43:51 GMT
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- There was an article in "Free Inquiry" about a woman who strongly
- believed it was wrong to tell your children about Santa Claus.
- First of all, you're lying to them and what is more devastating
- to a child than to find that their own parents are liars. Secondly,
- it gives precedence to believing in patently impossible things.
- Maybe it paves the way to believing in other impossible things
- later in life -- like God, fer instance.
-
- What do other atheists think about Santa Claus? And for that matter,
- how many of us celebrate Christmas? Should we? Even if we say
- we're celebrating the winter Soltice, that's still a religious
- holiday for druids.
-
- I haven't made up my mind yet about the Winter holidays (i.e. Xmas).
- So far it's just easier to go along with it and if someone assumes
- I'm an X-tian just because I celebrate X-mas... well, they're wrong!
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