Adam VS The Man with Adam Kokesh (12/24/10) War On Christmas!!!

http://adamvstheman.com
As I have no problem with faith, (just organized religion) I have no
problem with Christmas itself. I do have a huge problem, however, with
institutionalized lying to our children, rampant consumerism, and
Christmas music! I can't stand it! Christmas music is an insult to
music! Ok, but more importantly, what is the effect of lying to our
children about Santa Claus? You want your kids to believe you about
anything? I asked our listeners for a good reason suicide rates are up
around Christmas, but I won't spoil the answer for you. Listen to the
episode!

Relevant links:

Examiner - Health Minute: Myth of holiday suicides
http://www.examiner.com/health-news-in-national/health-minute-myth-of-holiday...

GotQuestions.org - What should parents tell their children about Santa Claus?
http://www.gotquestions.org/Santa-Claus.html

HubPages - When to Stop Lying to Your Kids about Santa Claus
http://hubpages.com/hub/When-to-Stop-Lieing-to-Your-Children-about-Santa-Claus

YouTube - Grandma Got Molested At The Airport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qdb6wC0Iz4

The Few, The Proud, The Forgotten
http://www.tftptf.com/5801.html

YouTube - Christmas Truth Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wlmwskLGyE

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• christmas
• december 25
• santa claus
• december
• winter
• north pole
• christmas time

[a7x1337]

Faith is just as bad as religion, really. It is the belief in something without any sort of evidence. There's nothing right with that.

[a7x1337]

@SgtCrom This is the distinction in my eyes. Galileo would not want you to believe his theory on blind faith. Nor we should we believe anything else on blind faith.

[a7x1337]

@SgtCrom I hesitate to call things of this nature ‘faith,’ because while it initially started out as an idea without empirical backing, he took action to remove every aspect of faith from it. He didn’t believe it on faith, which is why he constructed a theory and tested it. If his theory couldn’t be proven but he believed it anyway, would we praise him for his faith?

[a7x1337]

@SgtCrom I get what you're saying, and I do understand that science/scientific progress didn't just pop into existence by happenstance.

I think the key difference between religious faith and, say, Galileo's work, is that Galileo had a hypothesis, tested it, and lo and behold, it looks like he was right. His theory was based on observable outcomes, and it has stood the test of time.

[RangerMcFriendlie]

If only Santa were real, then we wouldn't be lying :) I agree we shouldn't lie to our kids.

The irony is when it is nice and sunny outside that is when people are most likely to commit suicide. I guess people look at how beautiful it is outside and feel like they can't be apart of it like everyone else and it gives them less of a reason to live. Don't know.