cnelsen
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"As any Christian will tell you, being good will not guarantee entry into heaven. In fact, it hinges not so much on being good as in accepting Jesus as your savior."Ok, then Einstein, who do you think invented Santa Claus? Mohammed? Confucius? Jeff Bezos?A real Christian wouldn't publicly ridicule me.
But a real Christian (you) will publicily ridicule others, ignore facts concerning Jesus' appearance, and lie about who invented Santa Claus? Ok then.
Fact: Which children aren't going to Hell? Christian children.
Fact: Christmas is whose holiday? Christianity's
Fact: Santa Claus brings presents to what kind of children? Good children.
Fact: Heaven is for whom? Good people.
Fact: Therefore Santa is a Christian.
Fact: And whose birthday does Christmas celebrate? Jesus'
Fact: And Jesus' last name is? Christ which is short for Christianity, which invented Christmas
Fact: Therefore Jesus is the inventor of Santa Claus.
This is laughably bad.
Jesus did not "invent" Santa Claus. It started with St Nicholas, who was born roughly 250 years after Jesus died.
And Santa brings gifts to all children, regardless of their religious beliefs. As any Christian will tell you, being good will not guarantee entry into heaven. In fact, it hinges not so much on being good as in accepting Jesus as your savior. No one enters heaven except thru Him.
And, while Christmas is when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, it was very unlikely to have happened in winter. The use of pagan holidays during the early centuries of Christianity is well known. The fact that Christians co-opted holidays is easily seen. That explains why evergreen trees and the like are so prominent. many of the customs associated with Xmas are actually pagan in origin.
As for Jesus being a white guy, that would have been remarkable. Since he was born a Jew in Judea.
So what you are saying then is that accepting Jesus as your savior isn't good?
Not even close to what I said.
But let me make is simpler for you.
Person #1 and Person #2 have died.
Person #1 was an asshole in his life, but accepted Jesus Christ as his savior and repented his sins just before he died.
Person #2 was a good person who helped others, but did not believe in Jesus or any Messiah.
Who goes to Heaven?
Granting, for the sake of argument, there is a Heaven, and not knowing what kind of insurance they had, and so on, and assuming they are both American, and neither has any physical deformities, or unusual sexual habits, clearly Person #2.