Dale Partridge - November 22, 2022


Should Christians Do Santa Claus？


Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

212.23709

Word count

296

Sentence count

1

Harmful content

Toxicity

1

sentences flagged

Hate speech

2

sentences flagged


Summary

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What does it mean to believe in a fictional man named Santa Claus? Is he real, or is he not? What is the difference between the real and fictional Santa and the one we tell our children about in the Christmas season?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 very simply i think not god commands his people to abstain from lying specifically not to bear
00:00:06.680 false witness which is the ninth commandment teaching your children that santa is real that
00:00:10.960 he's someone that they're supposed to believe in that they should modify their behavior to earn
00:00:14.780 his favor is not only a deceitful lie but it's also a concept contrary to the message of christmas
00:00:20.120 furthermore it's become clear that santa has become the culture's replacement figure for christ
00:00:25.200 during the advent season the truth is the modern santa is a fictitious man whom culture has
00:00:30.320 decorated with christ-like characteristics we've all sung the lyrics he sees you when you're
00:00:34.720 sleeping he knows when you're awake he knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness 0.85
00:00:39.120 sake in other words the santa lie calls us to teach our children to believe in an omniscient 0.95
00:00:44.400 and omnipresent judge of morality who rewards them on the basis of their good works as silly
00:00:49.600 as it may sound christian parents need to be very careful not to divert their young children's
00:00:54.480 affections from the grace and truth of the savior to the burden and lies of a character that's far
00:00:59.220 less significant ultimately the santa lie will break down trust between you and your child but
00:01:03.740 even more seriously do you believe that after five to ten years of telling your children to believe 0.93
00:01:08.100 in and behave for a man they can't see that they won't apply their broken trust toward the other
00:01:13.440 man that you told them to believe in and behave for who they also can't see jesus christ in other
00:01:18.840 words if you lied to them about santa why should they believe that you're not lying to them about
00:01:23.200 Christ.