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Why do people think it's such a great idea to believe in belief?
Most people don't really know what their religion is really about. What the bible says, if their preachers are strict followers or liberal interpreters, whether the bible REALLY says anything about gay people, or even in what context a word like "abomination" can be translated.
But it goes beyond just religion. It extends to authority figures at work, in the government, and at home.
Don't question. Do as you are told. You don't know better than those in charge, so don't even attempt to get hold of your own life. You are property, and you had better behave that way. Don't get above your raisin's, and don't be uppity.
But absurdly, it extends past even those extremes. Ghost stories, UFO's loch-ness monster, big foot, the jersey devil, and apparently, you do NOT tell the truth about santa clause.
This is really mind blowing. At least Santa Clase is one everybody knows for certain isn't real. They KNOW IT. and they know that you can't lie to kids forever to perpetuate this fraud.
And what's so great about telling kids lies? What's so great about getting them all wrapped up in this non-sense just to pop their bubbles later? What is special about THIS lie, that makes it so sacrosanct?
It's a primer for belief without reason. It's a primer for getting kids to believe in belief.
Look at this bullshit.Even the Grinch wouldn’t be this mean.
A sourpuss teacher in Rockland County ruined Christmas for a class full of second-graders this week, when she told them that there is no Santa Claus during a lesson about the North Pole.
The evil educator even told the youngsters — mostly 7- and 8-year-olds — that the presents under their trees were put out by their parents, and not St. Nick.
Ruined christmas? So now that orgiastic, debt-building, callous, spectacle of frivolous spending is ruined?
This teacher is facing real blow-back for telling the truth. For EDUCATING children, which i was under the impression was actually in her job description. You want to pile on misery for this woman by actually calling her "evil"? Are you serious? So, what, she should be fired? Rail-roaded out of town? never hold a job as an educator again because she refused to perpetuate a known, intentional LIE?
Is SHE mean? or are these crazed, hyperbolic parents, and freaking NEWS PAPERS who are giving this an airing mean? Should she be ruined for this? Are you serious?!
The stunning Scrooge-like behavior has caused a blizzard of outrage at the quiet George W. Miller Elementary School in Nanuet, where angry parents would like to see the teacher roasted like a chestnut over an open fire.
How about an "atta girl"? What DO you think should happen to the teacher?“If her brothers told her [there was no Santa], they would be punished. So I can’t imagine what should happen to the teacher.”
Is it outrageous that a teacher would try to demystify something? Isn't that EXACTLY what teachers are meant to do? Doesn't demystifying something enable people to live and thrive? Or should we all still be blaming diseases on demons and drilling holes in people's heads to let out the demons causing mental illnesses?“It’s outrageous that a teacher would strip a child of their innocence and try and demystify something,” said Margaret Fernandez, 59.
A grandmother of a kindergartner said, “I think this is awful.
“If it happened to my granddaughter, I’d tell her her teacher made a mistake, and there is a Santa,” she added.
Why does santa have to be real for anyone? What value does it add? Really? Why are presents from a judgemental stranger who can watch you while you pee more meaningful than acknowledging the effort and generosity of the real people who spent hard earned resources on you?One Christmas official was commenting on the record yesterday — Santa himself!
“When I read what happened at the school, I had an opinion that I don’t feel would be printable,” said a still-jolly St. Nick, who was posing for pictures with kids at the Palisades Mall. “I do feel it is unfortunate that this teacher has lost the spirit of Christmas in her heart.
“It is important to keep that spirit alive so that Santa can be real for everyone.”
Really? Try surviving a car crash with "love and generosity". Did it stop the steering column from collapsing your chest?“The most real things in the world are things that you don’t see or touch,” she added, “and they are the things that mean the most — love, kindness and generosity.”
and besides, love, kindness and generosity are things you feel and can touch. The evidence of them are all around you. And acknowledging the sacrifice of the people who went out of their way to shower you with the excess demanded of us at christmas could USE your love and kindness in return. They would feel good knowing you appreciate that they sacrificed some of their own for you, even if you don't like the cheap, mold-stamped, forgetable, plastic trinkets we convinced ourselves to splurge on.
For the record, i volunteer to be Scrooge. Santa can pack christmas back into his bag, stuff it up his ass, and drown under an iceberg. (it's funny, i came in here to edit this and take it down a notch. Success? you decide.)
There, now i can never get a job teaching.