Meditation for November 30th
Lying is Lying Holiday Edition
Tomorrow, children from all over the Christian world will begin opening the windows in their little Advent calendar to be bribed by chocolate to believe a lie: the lie that Santa is real. A lie is a lie, so why is faking a fat guy delivering presents to hundreds of millions of homes the exception to the rule?
- It makes believing in a mythological God that much easier.
- It allows for control over children using the naughty list tactic.
- It teaches children to demand things and get them.
- It motivates people to spend money.
- Because love should be bought, not earned.
- Children learn that life is a series of instant gratifications.
- Allows kids to accept Big Brother with the idea of their behavior
Unfortunately, psychologists have found that this major lie is doing significant harm to children.
This helps kids realize that not all the things adults tell them are true. In some cases, that is great, not believing Jared when he says there is candy in the van, but bad news when you want to keep your kids safe, and they won’t believe you.
We lie about Santa, the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairies, and Socialism working. We give them presents from Santa, candy and eggs from the bunny, money for teeth from the fairy, and an impossible political utopia for little Timmy to waste his 20s fighting and arguing for.
Then they found out you didn’t want them to know you actually have those things. Did you not love them enough to give them those things yourself?
What if you are rich and little Timmy gets whatever he wants, plus socks and a sweater? What if little Timmy goes to a public school where half the kids are poor and finds out that little Timmy gave them everything they wanted, and they got one thing that was okay, but not exactly what they wanted? Does that make Santa prefer wealthy, privileged, affluent children better?
Then they found out that Santa wasn’t real, because their parents had more money than Suzy’s. Hello, rich guilt!
Even today, when I am making love to myself, I don’t worry about any real person walking in on me, myself, and I, but I get a sick feeling that Santa is peeking over the windowsill, not judging me for making love to myself, but judging me in how I make love to myself.
What else is a lie, Mom & Dad? If Santa isn’t judging me on my behavior, then crack must be okay to smoke.
What is the difference between Santa and God? They both bribe faith and good behavior with gifts. If there isn’t good behavior and faith, then it’s coal. Coal is a metaphor for hell.
Why can’t we celebrate Christmas without Santa? Why does this still have to exist? It doesn’t help the religious aspect any. It doesn’t really enrich our culture any. All it does is create a zombie consumer, and maybe that is the point.
Do you really want to tell anyone that your idiot kid bought your story about flying reindeer?
Prayer,
Who is Santa Claus?
Is he Saint Nicholas from Turkey?
Is he Father Christmas?
Is he Odin?
Is he just a symbol to sell Coca-Cola?
Is he going to get you to spend lots of money?
No one will ever know that he is not real.
Amen
Craft
Find out what someone is getting you for Christmas and replace it with something similar but slightly different. Wrap it the same way the other person wrapped it, and when you open it, pretend you are surprised and see what the person does when they give you a red sweater, but when you pull it out, it’s the same sweater, just grey.
Goal
It’s not so innocent to lie to children about where their presents come from. You are creating idiots who will fall for anything. See how Christians act politically?
WHAT!!!!!!!!! Time to cry myself to sleep. 😭