Santa Claus is a myth, so much for truth... and Saint Nicholas is dead.
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...and morality.
Morality and all of its associated concepts are based on the belief that some higher power is defining the correctness of human behavior.
Today, "morals" are defined by a quasi-religious pagan philosophy based on esoteric hobgoblins. A greater number of "atheists" and "pagans" adopt the same hackneyed tenets of a false Judaic-Christian ideal (golden calf). They also subscribe to the Judaic fetishism of "sin," but will fight to their death in denial of it. Most of them are so wrapped up in their own polemics that they have become nothing more than pathetic anti-Christians with the same false hypocritical philosophy. They just slap a new label on it hoping nobody will notice - - they replace the idea of "avoiding sin" with "morals."
(Pssst... I'm not an orthodox or ecumenical atheist, there are no such things.)
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He seems to be arrogant enough to feel he has the right to trump...
How dare he use the First Amendment! Do you consider arrogance to be a "sin" of some sort?
Yes, that would be the truth. ...and when I decide to tell my children that truth should be my choosing. Morality is, in fact, based on the belief of a higher power-- I agree totally. Santa Claus is not taught, by the majority of us, as qualifying as a higher power. As my children reach the age where they can differentiate that, it will be made known to them. As it is, they are under no delusions that Jesus and Santa are the same person.
How dare he use the First Amendment! Do you consider arrogance to be a "sin" of some sort?
He has the right. He also needs to realize there will be consequences. My statement that he is arrogant is a rebuttal to someone who claimed he was "devout" and "humble". In general, although there are exceptions, I've found that the two are mutually exclusive. And by the way, "pride" is considered a bad policy, if not an actual "sin".
Contrarily, although I don't think he should be "forced" to bring down the billboard, I have no problem with him being shamed into taking it down himself-- or being confronted with the fact that he is, in point of fact, self-righteous and arrogant.