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Why didn't you have the moral courage to admit your long term deception and dishonesty and refuse the God and Country award?

I don't believe in Santa, but am willing to accept gifts ostensibly from him. I maintain the fiction that he exists to allow children to be comfortable in their beliefs.

MedMess may be adopting a similiar position to God.

As an aside, and so there can be no confusion, I am not an atheist.

I do not believe in an interventionist god, but do believe in some form of divine hand creating the universe (whether by fiat or by molecular chemistry I am not in a position to determine)

My son, on the other hand, _is_ an atheist ... and has been since he reached the age of reason.

This is unfortunate, for it means he will never sit in lodge with me, for example ... but I am proud of the fact that he is standing by his convictions and will not be a member of a group that requires belief in a divine being.

Sadim

sadimgnik says: "I maintain the fiction that [Santa Claus] exists to allow children to be comfortable in their beliefs. MedMess may be adopting a similiar position to God."

Would you publically pledge an oath (an oath pledged upon your honor) every single week that says I believe in Santa? And if you did, what would that say about your sense of "honor"? MedMess chose the dishonorable and deceitful path and he has to live with that. It would be wrong to pretend that his choice was anything less.

--Boot Hill