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Next month is gonna be rough (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 days ago by Maven@lemmy.zip to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] PureTryOut@lemmy.kde.social 58 points 6 days ago

Christmas is religion yes, but Santa doesn't really have anything to do with religion other than being on Christmas right?

[-] riskable@programming.dev 19 points 6 days ago

Santa is a stand-in for Jesus... for children. They're both magical beings that can perform miracles and have similar methods: Both Santa and Jesus have naughty lists and forms of punishment that come later; much later (both are equivalent lengths of time to a child though 🤣). Both bring "gifts". Both have traditional appearances. Both have followers that wear silly hats and strange clothes. But most importantly...

Both are imaginary.

If you believe in Santa as an adult you're ridiculed. If you believe in Jesus as an adult you're just labeled, "Christian". Yet the fact that nearly every child eventually finds out Santa isn't real is quite disturbing to a lot of Christians. After all, if they could stop believing in Santa--who is so similar to Jesus in every way--then they could stop believing in Jesus.

[-] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 5 days ago

You might not believe about what the Bible says about Jesus, but historically, there was at some point a person named Jesus. Whether or not he was like the Bible describes is another story. /lh

[-] riskable@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago

Historically, there were probably tens of thousands of people named, "Jesus" around that time. There were also loads and LOADS of people crucified by the Romans. If you were to make up a story and try to make it believable wouldn't you pick a likely starting point?