MineralMan, I am quite aware of that verse, thanks. You are missing my point, which is that Jesus is NOT, in fact, a vine, even though he says he is. So why do you think he did so? Why do you think he said something that is not, in fact, true?
"MineralMan, I am quite aware of that verse, thanks. You are missing my point, which is that Jesus is NOT, in fact, a vine, even though he says he is. So why do you think he did so? Why do you think he said something that is not, in fact, true?"
Parables. Jesus taught in parables. Santa is not Jesus. Santa is a myth. "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" is a secular poem designed to promote Christmas as a commercial holiday.
For Christians, Jesus is not a myth. For everyone, Santa is a myth. Yet, the Santa stories are taught to children as if Santa were a god, fulfilling wishes, flying through the air, punishing bad children, and all that sort of diety kind of thing.
But, hey...that's OK. I like Santa. Let's just replace Jesus with Santa and have a Merry Christmas in the stores.