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pah said:Do you think this is true?
I certainly don't believe Santa Claus exists but I can not deny that Santa Claus has a large effect on the Christmas season.
Let's try to confine our "bashing" to only Santa Claus.
-pah-
Ok. I'll start the Santa Bashing: He has no sense of fashion. I mean, his outfit went out of style in the 1880's, for crying out loud!pah said:Let's try to confine our "bashing" to only Santa Claus.
pah said:Do you think this is true?
I certainly don't believe Santa Claus exists but I can not deny that Santa Claus has a large effect on the Christmas season.
Let's try to confine our "bashing" to only Santa Claus.
-pah-
linwood said:The way I see it dis-believing in Santa Claus isn`t exactly the same as denying him.
I cannot really go and search all of the North Pole to determine whether or not he`s there and even if I could Santas magical powers may just be concealing his workshop from me.
However Santa has never actually performed the duties the legends of him claim he does or can do and the legends themselves go against any and all natural laws I`m aware of.
I mean Santa has never actually come to my house and left presents.
I`ve never seen a reindeer fly.
No way someone as fat as Santa reportedly is could fit down my chimney .
How could santa possibly visit each and every home in the world in the span of 24 hours?
Not to mention all those hanging out at the mall who pretend to be the real Santa.
So when I take what I know to be true and compare it to what is reported about Santa I can see that the possibilty of Santa actually existing is nil.
But like I said..you can never be 100% positive Santa doesn`t exist because you cannot provide absolute proof of his non-existence.
OK. I now see the distinction between disbelieving in Santa and denying him. Thank you for making that clear, Linwood.linwood said:The way I see it dis-believing in Santa Claus isn`t exactly the same as denying him.
I cannot really go and search all of the North Pole to determine whether or not he`s there and even if I could Santas magical powers may just be concealing his workshop from me.
However Santa has never actually performed the duties the legends of him claim he does or can do and the legends themselves go against any and all natural laws I`m aware of.
I mean Santa has never actually come to my house and left presents.
I`ve never seen a reindeer fly.
No way someone as fat as Santa reportedly is could fit down my chimney .
How could santa possibly visit each and every home in the world in the span of 24 hours?
Not to mention all those hanging out at the mall who pretend to be the real Santa.
So when I take what I know to be true and compare it to what is reported about Santa I can see that the possibilty of Santa actually existing is nil.
But like I said..you can never be 100% positive Santa doesn`t exist because you cannot provide absolute proof of his non-existence.
Well, with the limited knowledge I have, I know that not all water is wet--at very low temperatures, in fact, water becomes quite dry (taking the form of dry powdered snow and so forth). The point is, in a philosophical sense, since we are not all-knowing beings and our intellect is imperfect, there is always uncertainty in what we predict will be true (i.e. that all water will be wet always). That said, one can have different levels of confidence in something being true or not true. I think we all have a very high level of confidence that the sun will rise tomorrow, and we all have a very high level of confidence that the Easter Bunny isn't real. I have a high level of confidence that the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God was created by man-made mythology, just like Zeus or Thor.Corban said:And as to this idea that you can't say there is no santa because you haven't searched every part of the north pole is ridiculous. Do you not believe water is wet because you haven't felt every drop on earth.