CrispingPin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If I choose to worship a fictional character this > Christmas, I’ll definitely choose Santa over > God.
Santa represents everything wrong with post-Christian Christmas. Greed, gluttony, thinking the only way you can please people is through gifts that they probably don't want... That and getting completely wasted at the office party, and waking up with more than a hangover.
It is no wonder so many marriages fail at Christmas and depression affect so many. I don't mean religious people.
Lot's Wife Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Virginia: "Is it true there is no God?" > > Benson: "Yes, Virginia, there is no God." > > There is nothing wrong with that sentence.
"No, Virginia, there is no God," makes far more sense.
Answering a negative question ("Don't you...?) with a Yes is usually foreigner English. In either case, though, you need a follow-up sentence restating your meaning (No, I don't / Yes, I do).
The problem here is that "Virginia" did not ask a negative question. The 1897 editorial from which the phrase comes was "Is There a Santa Claus?" and that's what 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote in her letter to The Sun (NYC).
Of late I've become more of "hit and run" person here at RfM so I was happy to see you posting again. Does it appear that your excellent cartooning and lampooning is online with Freedom From Religion? Any other sites displaying your creativity?
BTW - The "Yes Virginia" is a classic double whack attack!