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.
A-holes like this pastor are contributing factors in the left’s success in turning the culture. I wonder how he would feel about atheists dropping by Sunday school and telling the kids Jesus isn’t real?
Our firstborn figured it out on his own at the ripe old age of four. His mother and I were born again when he was two. We hadn’t made a big deal about Santa Claus before, and didn’t even speak of the tradition after that. But he still saw all of the “santas” while tagging along with his mother and grandma. This perplexed him: Why was there more than one? In fact why was there several in the shopping mall? And also others at the other stores across town?
Well, after seeing so many, he asked his grandma about it. She explained that the ones he saw that day were fake.
They came back to grandma’s house where his grandpa and I were, running in the house, laughing and happily telling us that “Santa Claus is fake!”
We didn’t try to change his mind after that day, and he turned out just fine.
He grew up learning that Jesus knows when we’re sleeping, and knows when we’re awake. He knows if we’ve been bad or good.
We taught him and his younger brother that Jesus is coming again,...through the air,....and that his reward will be with him.
I agree. I let others do as they wish.
I have been blessed with a family that completely respects our authority concerning our children.
I looked at your page, very nice portrait of your husband and son.
My father died at 47, twenty years ago Saturday. My mom was 46. She has never remarried.
I miss my dad, sometimes it seems like yesterday he was here and other days he seems like a dream that I had.
Great story .. you’re right, most children will accept the truth when they’re ready.
I believe my son already knew .. but he just wasn’t sure.
But, it was fun having someone to share the wrapping with.
Not to be a spoil sport but isn’t a little weird that people will defend a mythological creation...a fable...a myth...and try to get our kids to believe it’s more real then Jesus?
Brings to mind New York Sun’s reply to a little girl, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”
So ....you worked at Macys??
I had to skip work the next day.
Sounds like you'll have a short check this week.
WHAT?
Oh dammit - are you serious? No Santa?
But why would my wife make up a story like that?
This asshat was a security guard at Pantex ........ he was terminated about 8 years ago.
Same tard that burned a koran in a Amarillo city park.
He’s same guy who burned a Quran in a kids park a few years back. He worked at Pantex nuclear weapons facility about 8 years ago. A Guard . Now he just goes around trying to get punched in the noggin.
Let him burn a Koran and the muzzies will take care of the problem
“But why would my wife make up a story like that?”
My wife told me the same thing, but I know it’s true because I found a pair of boots and a belt next to our bed and they weren’t mine....
Someone needs to buy him Dale Carnegie’s book: How to Win Friends and Influence People. His methodology has the exact opposite affect of what he thinks he wants to accomplish.
Dude is a jerk and uninformed...
Christian Al Qeada wacko
Radicals are all the same
Dear Santa Claus haters, I owe my life to Santa.
On March 9th, 2009 I was in a coma for 6 months after a terrible car crash. One day my nurse turned the radio to Santa’s song.
So I got up, and turned the volume up.
Beliefs:
the Easter bunny
tooth fairy
Santa
Karma
astrology
Loch Ness monster, bigfoot; cryptids
guardian angels
ghosts
God
aborted fetuses are not humans
religion
Mom never failed to have one present under the tree for each family member marked "from Santa"!
These D bags seem to show up everywhere.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.