Christian but I don’t celebrate Christmas or Easter!

[RoBoTeq]

By this, I guess you would tell your 5 year old all about sex, murder and rape exactly as you would tell things to an adult. The whole truth and nothing but the truth?

If you don't, then you are a liar.

Sorry to be so blunt, but this is just a stupid argument. Not telling children the brutal truth about everything is a lot different then deliberately lying to them.

Do you tell children that murder and rape are ok? Aside from it being all right for mommy to be kissing Santa Claus, do you tell your children lies about sex?

[RoBoTeq]

You never read fairy tales to your kids? That's all "Santa Claus" is...a fairy tale lived out for the very young. Younger kids love that stuff and, as long as it is not taken to an extreme, it's okay. JMNSHO.

Santa Claus is NOT portrayed as a fairy tale. Santa is portrayed as a real person who watches your every move and brings you presents if you are good. That is not a fairy tale, that is a deceitful lie.

[RoBoTeq]

its called the Feast of the Ephipany, when the 3 kings finally arrived bearing gifts.. this is learned in the first grade.

Not in public schools.

[RoBoTeq]

Doesn't the story also say that the kings followed a bright star to find Jesus? Well, many folks put one at the top of thier tree. What's wrong with that?

Ummm, the tree would be the problem. You can put a cherry on top of a pile of manure but that won't make it a chocolate sundae.

[scrogdog]

Sorry to be so blunt, but this is just a stupid argument. Not telling children the brutal truth about everything is a lot different then deliberately lying to them.

Do you tell children that murder and rape are ok? Aside from it being all right for mommy to be kissing Santa Claus, do you tell your children lies about sex?

The point is that just because something may not be true doesn't mean that it has some sort of evil behind it. Sometimes we choose to not tell the truth to spare the feelings of others. That can also be a brutal truth.

In the end, though, if we go down that path then we still have not told the truth.

[RoBoTeq]

The point is that just because something may not be true doesn't mean that it has some sort of evil behind it. Sometimes we choose to not tell the truth to spare the feelings of others. That can also be a brutal truth.

In the end, though, if we go down that path then we still have not told the truth.

I'm gonna stick with dishonesty does come from the evil within us. We all have it and we all are dishonest at times, we cannot avoid that.

What I am proposing is that we not make excuses for things we do that are dishonest by calling them "white lies" and "make believe". A lie is a lie is a lie....and all lies are wrong. If we can identify lies that don't need to be told, whould it not make for a better world if we eliminate as many lies as we can?

Every time the truth is found out about a lie that has been told, someones feelings get hurt. In the case of Christmas and Easter, we have the power to avoid hurt feelings all together by never telling the lies.

[scrogdog]

Ummm, the tree would be the problem. You can put a cherry on top of a pile of manure but that won't make it a chocolate sundae.

Ok, why would the tree be a problem? Simply because it is paganistic? Because thoughts of Jesus do not remind you of trees? Nothing is stopping anyone from using all sorts of Christian symbols as decorations.

Why does everyone have to be so conformist? Live and let live I say. It certainly does not bother me to see a nativity scene or any religous symbol, and why should it? Just because I may not believe doesn't mean that it bothers me that others do. Let's have all of the holidays and let's celebrate them as we see fit to do.

Maybe Jesus speaks to some through thier trees. Hey... you don't know.

[RoBoTeq]

Ok, why would the tree be a problem? Simply because it is paganistic? Because thoughts of Jesus do not remind you of trees? Nothing is stopping anyone from using all sorts of Christian symbols as decorations.

Why does everyone have to be so conformist? Live and let live I say. It certainly does not bother me to see a nativity scene or any religous symbol, and why should it? Just because I may not believe doesn't mean that it bothers me that others do. Let's have all of the holidays and let's celebrate them as we see fit to do.

Maybe Jesus speaks to some through thier trees. Hey... you don't know.

There are several parables and other noations from the Bible books referring to the distractions of faith and how they differ for different people. The tree is a distraction. Some people may not allow the tree to distract, but then, why bother with it then?

What ever distracts us from our relationship with God is a bad thing. For the one rich man in the Bible, his wealth was his distraction. Jesus told that particular man that he needed to give up his wealth in order to get to heaven. That was just that one mans distraction. There are many other wealthy men in the Bible who were not advised to give up their wealth because their wealth was not a distraction for them from God.

Everything about the Christmas and Easter holidays is designed to be a distraction. That puts a lot of distraction between a lot of people and God. That is not a good thing.

[scrogdog]

and all lies are wrong

So, you are one of those guys who actually answers truthfully the wife's/GF's question; "do these jeans make me look fat?".

You say, "no your fat arse makes you look fat"?

What good does it do to offend?

I consider sparing people's feelings to be "the high road". Sometimes you can't do it though, because sometimes being a real friend is telling that person a truth that no one else has the guts to say. But not always.

[royc]

I went to an airshow and saw the blue angels fly when I was a kid

I reccomend you keep your eyes open when looking in to the sky, you may find other things flying that dont belong to us..lol

Roy

[RoBoTeq]

So, you are one of those guys who actually answers truthfully the wife's/GF's question; "do these jeans make me look fat?".

You say, "no your fat arse makes you look fat"?

What good does it do to offend?

I consider sparing people's feelings to be "the high road". Sometimes you can't do it though, because sometimes being a real friend is telling that person a truth that no one else has the guts to say. But not always.

Nope! I lie just as well as anyone else. I just don't try to make excuses that my lies are ok to do. For we of faith, the physical world is ruled by Satan and inasmuch it is impossilbe to avoid all of the pitfalls of evil. Lying is an evil that we cannot figure out how to avoid at all times. It only compounds our lies when we don't admit that we are wrong for lying.

I am no better then anyone else, I just admit I'm a liar and attempt to limit my lies as much as I feel I have control to do.

In the example you have given I would reply more along the lines with; "Honey, you know you are a bit overweight and the jeans being tight do sort of draw attention to that. You look really good in those black pants you wore last week though. If you don't have to wear jeans, how about wearing the black pants?"

[bootlen]

Not in public schools.

OR outside the Catholic Church, as I'm sure ac has discovered it ain't in Scripture.

[Its 2 Hot]

By this, I guess you would tell your 5 year old all about sex, murder and rape exactly as you would tell things to an adult. The whole truth and nothing but the truth?

If you don't, then you are a liar.

yes i would tell the child about sex, murder and rape but in a way that a 5 year old could understand it because he\she is a child and not and adult

Question: When your child was a new born did u feed the child adult food or baby food if your answer is baby food than why would i talk to my child as and adult when he is a child