Friday, December 24, 2010

thought of the day.457

Before Jesus was given precious gifts, was hunted by a wicked king, received the Holy Spirit at the Jordan River, spent 40 days in the wilderness, traveled from town to town, had a group of followers, could see the future, knew the thoughts of others, healed a leper, made the blind see, raised the dead, helped an army officer, fed a multitude with only a few loaves of bread (and had left overs), spoke to an audience of thousands, was bowed down to and called “master”, walked across water, controlled the weather, spoke to God on top of a mountain, did as God commanded, was considered the “worst trouble maker in Israel”, was made fun of, was wanted dead by the Jewish people, went off by himself to pray and was strengthened by an angel, had a follower repeatedly promise he would not abandon him, said “go in peace”, and was seen going up to heaven, someone else did these things. And that someone (or ones) were the Old Testament characters, Elijah and Elisha, which were the mythical characters that the New Testament Jesus was built upon.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

thought of the day.456

Santa is God to children as God is Santa to adults.

We communicate with both Santa and God, sending Santa literal letters and God mental ones. We visit Santa at the mall and God at the church and present offerings of milk and cookies to Santa and cold hard cash to God. We sing songs and read stories about their supernatural powers, both seeing our each and every deed. They both sit as cosmic judges, showering the good with toys and blessings, while punishing the bad with a lump of coal — or burning them like one. Both hail from faraway places, Santa residing in a secret place atop the world and God above the clouds. Santa writes people’s names in his big book as does God. Both have seemingly existed forever and though both are ancient, will likely never die. Both Santa and God are creators and distributors of gifts, Santa employing elves to assist him and God, angels. Hell, they even both have white beards!