Quote Originally Posted by reaper666
This is not an attack but a serious question I have been pondering for the past couple days. Why would anybody who believes in any sort of deity think that they are any different than a little kid waiting for Santa Clause on xmas? He knows when you're asleep, he knows when you're awake, he knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake... that generally fits the description of a god. Santa Clause is a man made fictitious entity so why could God not be? Children usually don't know any better until their parents tell them, or they observe the lies for themselves when they see the parents put presents under the tree. Either way it's usually heartbreaking and not something kids want to learn, that the magical guy who brings them joy every year is fake. That generally fits the description of a hardcore Christian...
what the catholic church would tell you is that there is evidence everwhere of god and that scripture is all the evidence that humans need for our faith in the lord to be strong

what I will tell you is this, its easy to say santa doesnt exist because youll still get christmas presents, its not easy to deny that truly we are alone and insignificant in this universe and that there is no reason for our being except mere chance. also the fact that when we die that might be it is extremely scary it scares me every time i think about it
Quincyboy Reviewed by Quincyboy on . ask a former catholic from what i've read there seems to be a whole lot of confusion about the beliefs of abrahamic religions so I decided this would be a good thread to help clear up some of this confusion i have attended catholic schools all my life which amounts to 13 and a half years of religion classes and I have two friends on the path to priesthood, I had a fallout with the catholic church and that is why I am a former catholic i will try to answer your questions as best I can and according to what I Rating: 5