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[quote=Anonymous]I was 9.

I saw my parents decorate and wrap gifts for us during the holidays that year. There was always a "Santa Claus" is coming and you better be good or else you won't get presents theme and then I found the gifts and realize my parents were doing it. And when I realized that adults were putting in so much effort into making "Santa Claus" real- including the concept that only believers get presents- I asked my Sunday school teacher about it. In class. In front of everyone. Loudly.

And the question wasn't whether Santa was real, but whether the efforts in making us believe in Santa was different than with the efforts in making us believe in Jesus. The teachers weren't able to answer this question. She just said both Jesus and Santa were testaments of goodness and faith.

And therefore - by a lack of an answer to how they were different confirmed the lie by equating them with goodness. And also told a young girl that it's okay to lie for the greater good.

Which as we know by the New Testament, is not true. Hypocrisy and lies are hated by god.

So I just lost it and told my dad that I didn't want to celebrate Christmas anymore or go to church. When he asked why and I told him, he told me that we would still celebrate Christmas as a family but with no church. But I wasn't allowed to tell my little brother, who also figured it out later from someone else.

I got tons of presents every year thereafter, even as a heathen, FWIW. Nothing changed but we did have more fun as a family- just no mention of god. We aren't allowed to talk about our lack of churchgoing with grandma though. [/quote]

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