Posted on 12/12/2016 4:12:09 PM PST by nickcarraway
A widely-shared video posted to YouTube Saturday appears to show a pastor, who's well known for previous public protests, telling kids waiting in line at an Amarillo mall that Santa isn't real.
In the video, a man identifying himself as David Grisham of "Last Frontier Evangelism" said, "We're going to tell the children here today the truth that there is no Santa Claus and that Christmas is about Jesus Christ."
Grisham has previously gained notoriety in 2010 for attempting to burn a copy of the Quran in an Amarillo park, NBC News reported. He was thwarted by a 23-year-old skateboarder who grabbed the Muslim holy book from Grisham.
In Saturday's video, Grisham walked up to a line of parents and kids waiting to see Santa and yelled, "There is no such thing as Santa Claus. Santa Claus does not exist."
The video ends with several parents confronting Grisham and asking him to leave. "Shut up," one parent says.
Another asks Grisham to "quit talking this mess."
"There is a Santa," someone shouts.
One Facebook page for Last Frontier Evangelism appeared to be unavailable Monday morning, but another page for the group had shared the video with the comment: "Mark Zuckerberg and his band of GESTAPO censors at Facebook took down the original of this post."
While not mentioned in Saturday's video, Grisham is also the director of "Repent Amarillo," according to the Amarillo Globe-News. That organization has been categorized as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The guy is a dick and it would seem that there are more than a few on FR who quailfy.
Don’t bhe surprised when in a bit you get post telling you how she is going to hell for her ‘sin’.
I swear there is no more contary a place than FR.
Beautiful story. I still believe in Santa. I admit I lost faith in him for a few years of my life. One year though, he reappeared and convinced me once again. He is real.
Rather effective way to traumatize children with Jesus.
Beyond moron...
The four stages of Santa Clause:
1. You believe in Santa Clause.
2. You don’t believe in Santa Clause.
3. You are Santa Clause.
4. You look like Santa Clause.
I’m at stage 4.
I’m guessing he has no idea Saint Nicholas was a real person and Santa Claus is derived from the European celebrations of Saint Nicholas Day.
The custom of gift giving at Christmas as symbolic of the gift we received when Jesus was born is ascribed to Nicholas.
I hear a guy who had recently moved close by this boob’s church was praying to God because he didn’t feel welcome there. God actually responded to him and said, “Don’t sweat it, I’m not welcome in that church either”.
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