Elmo & Big Bird!

[Blue-Lightning]

The true faces of evil...

I never told my 5 children there was an Elmo or Big Bird.

I was told that as a child.

We should not tell our children there is a supernatural talking animal that really does not exist and at the same time tell them about Jesus Christ.

Lies are of the devil and Big Bird and Elmo are a lies.

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

No Chrisitian should tell there children a lie.

Reading a fictional story is not the same thing because it should be understood that it is only a story not truth.

Telling children Big Bird and Elmos exist when they don't is a lie.

Bottom line:

Telling your children that Big Bird and Elmo exist when in fact they do not is a lie.

All the rationalizations, excuses, and half truths in the world cannot justify this lie.

Beware of those who justify lies.
2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

2 Timothy 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

See if you can back up lying to children about non existent supernatural birds and monsters from scripture.

Children can cope with a lot of stress and deception.

That doesn't make lying to them Okay.

Do you think Jesus would play along with the idea of telling children about a giant yellow canary who cares about them and a little red monster who is their friend?

People can rationalize just about anything...

1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

This is not a personal attack against anyone. Just the plain facts.

Big Bird and Elmo don't exist. Jesus does.

I see a problem.

Telling children that Elmo and Big Bird are real is lying to them.

Lying to children by telling them Elmo and Big Bird exist is a tradition.
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Lying to children is a serious matter.

Philosophy, excuses, mean nothing to me.

It is obvious to me at least that this vain tradition of deceit cannot be defended from scripture.




And BTW,

The Tooth Fairy is a lie too.

I believe we need to tell children the truth.

You are free to lie to yours if you want to.


BL

 

[Blue-Lightning]

Oh c'mon! I think it's hilarious!

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BL

 

[Homeskillet]

GREAT satire blue, I love it.

 

[Blue-Lightning]

Thanks - it's not meant to be mean-spirited or anything like that. I just hope it opens some eyes.

BL

 

[Sophistress]

: : : Very nice BL!

 

[destiny]

Yeah but big bird and elmo aren't overshadowing the day we celebrate the birth of Christ. It's now considered offensive to say merry CHRISTmas in some places, you won't see a nativity scene displayed on any federal property anymore. It's even hard to find one at walmart. I don't see elmo and bigbird as being the substitutes for Jesus Christ at christmas, but I do see Santa and all the garb that goes along with him. Now, no matter how sweet and innocent it all may seem, it's still a deflection that overshadows the day we traditionally celebrate Christs birth, and that in itself isn't right.
I dont expect the world to hear what i'm saying, but i don't think it takes a 'rocket scientist' christian to 'get it' either.

 

[Homeskillet]

Yeah but big bird and elmo aren't overshadowing the day we celebrate the birth of Christ.

Isn't that everyday though and not just Dec 25th?

 

[Blue-Lightning]

You're angry with secularists who are driving the country towards a secular society and a "winter holiday," not the idea of Santa Claus.

At least, that's my take.

BL

 

[destiny]

Yeah it should be everday that we celebrate Christ, but we celebrate his birth once a year.

 

[destiny]

You're angry with secularists who are driving the country towards a secular society and a "winter holiday," not the idea of Santa Claus.

At least, that's my take.

BL

Maybe if you didn't have good old santa to cling to, you could muster up some indignation too.

 

[Homeskillet]

Yeah it should be everday that we celebrate Christ, but we celebrate his birth once a year.

See, that's just it though. I don't think we should necessarily. Where in Scripture does it say to celebrate His birth? and only once a year?


Everyone always says stuff like the 'real meaning of Christmas'...

well, the REAL meaning of Christmas is worshipping a sun god. At least that's what it was used for before Christians got hold of it and made it their holiday.

"Jesus is the reason for the season"...isn't He the reason for every season?

Christmas began as a pagan celebration. Why are Christians shocked when the world celebrates it in a worldly way?

 

[Homeskillet]

btw--what is a rocket scientist Christian...?

 

[destiny]

I hear what your saying Josie and i can agree to a point, but it can also be a cop out. we as christians have been known for our apathey...we bury our head in the sand and then pull it out when it's half past midnight. This is just one more thing thats being given over to the world.

 

[Homeskillet]

I hear what your saying Josie and i can agree to a point, but it can also be a cop out. we as christians have been known for our apathey...we bury our head in the sand and then pull it out when it's half past midnight. This is just one more thing thats being given over to the world.

It was theirs to begin with is what I'm trying to say.

 

[destiny]

Rocket scientist christian- One with super fine tuned discernment :-D

 

[Blue-Lightning]

Maybe if you didn't have good old santa to cling to, you could muster up some indignation too.

If people condemend mistletoe with arguments I thought were illogical, I'd be doing the same thing.

BL

 

[destiny]

I hear what your saying Josie and i can agree to a point, but it can also be a cop out. we as christians have been known for our apathey...we bury our head in the sand and then pull it out when it's half past midnight. This is just one more thing thats being given over to the world.

It was theirs to begin with is what I'm trying to say.

I don't agree, this is America.

 

[Homeskillet]

Not sure I follow how that matters...The origins are the still the origins.

Christmas was not "made in america" so again, I'm not sure what you're trying to say there. ?

 

[destiny]

But Americans have traditionally celebrated the birth of Christ Dec.25th in spite of the pagan mix. Reasoning it away as pagan and then handing it over to the government so it can mandate Jesus completely out, is a cop out.

 

[Blue-Lightning]

I just think that Christmas is a holiday in which we celebrate the birth of Jesus. We do that in a lot of different ways and we have a lot of different traditions for doing it. For example, my family always smokes a turkey for Christmas - it doesn't have anything to do with Jesus, but it doesn't take away from Him either. The same with Santa Claus. The kids in my extended family (and me when I was a tyke), always received presents from Santa - but that didn't take away from Jesus and the fact that it was all part of celebrating Him.

That's the point.

BL