[Vision2020] Santa Claus

[Paul Rumelhart]

Santa Claus isn't a deity requiring our worship.  He's an Internet meme, 
like pedobear or the lolcats, but from a time before there was an Internet.

Paul

On 12/24/2011 11:06 AM, Ralph Nielsen wrote:
>
> DO YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS?
>
> For many years millions of people have believed in Santa Claus. Today
> millions more believe in him. Why do so many claim Santa as their personal
> friend? Because they have found that the true way to know Santa is to
> believe in him. And the only way to receive his gifts is to become like
> little children and have complete faith in him.
>
> Of course some people - agnostics, atheists, freethinkers, liberals, and
> secular humanists - claim that Santa Claus is a mythical being who was
> invented by humans. But these scoffers and doubters will never destroy
> people's faith in him, for as long as people believe in free gifts they
> will believe in Santa Claus.
>
> Human gifts have to be made out of earthly materials; Santa creates his
> gifts out of nothing. Human gifts have to be paid for; Santa gives us his
> gifts for free. Some people think he needs to be reminded of what they
> would like, but Santa already knows what we need. All we have to know is
> that Santa Claus is alive and loves us. All we have to do is to make a
> personal commitment to believe in him. So won't you, too, accept Santa's
> offer of free gifts? Just kneel down, bow your head, close your eyes, and
> reverently say to yourself:
>
> "Dear Santa Claus. I truly believe in you and want you for my personal
> friend. Let me humbly accept your gifts, not because I deserve them, but
> because it is your will that I should receive them. Let me not doubt, but
> increase my faith; for the harder I believe in you, the more real you
> become. Amen."
>
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