Is santa a counterfeit of Jesus?

Question

some similar attributes between the 2:

from living in the north (psalm 48:2), to being really generous, having people praying to him, to be all knowing and seeing (2chron 9), being eternal. etc

is the concept of santa a counterfeit of Jesus

Answer 1

actually, Santa is an anagram of Satan... so... he's a counterfeit Satan

Answer 2

There was some story which stated that old saint nick was traveling to celebrate the birth of Jesus and had a gift for him.  But he could never find Jesus to give him his gift.  And so every year on the night of Jesus' birth, he brings gifts to all the kids in honor of Jesus.  

But, that is just a myth of course.

Answer 3

It's the other way around - Jesus is a counterfeit of Santa Claus. As a matter of fact, the invented god-man is a fraud and a counterfeit of  invented earlier mythological god-men, period.

Answer 4

sure, but in general faith is a counterfeit of thought, so why stop with just Santa?

Answer 5

no way, santa is God.

Santa has plenty of literature written that proves his existence! the books tell us that the Great Santa lives in a mythical realm within the north pole (much like the christian God lives in the heavens, cept Santa is real cause the books say so). he also has an army of worker elves that are happy to be his slaves! Santa has magical powers too; how else could he fit down a chimney!

Answer 6

Probably just a game that has grown out of control and now being exploded.

Answer 7

maybe

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Answer 8

Yes, exactly, it is also a way to bring doubt to children about God. Santa rewards people for being good and giving coal to those who are bad, which never happens. However, it definitely represents good go to heaven, and bad go to h**l. Santa also has a list and checks it twice, like Jesus looks in the lambs book of life to see who is saved. Also Santa is omnipresent, omniscient, all loving, and omnipotent. Another thing is he has his helpers the elves which are like God angels. There are many similarities including the ones you have included.

Answer 9

Cant NOBODY, do you as good as Jesus!

Cant NOBODY  love you as good as Jesus

Answer 10

If you teach a child that stuff, he could be.   I didn't teach my son to believe in Santa for several reasons.  Obviously, I wanted him to know the story of Jesus' birth.  But I also wanted him to know mom is one person who would never lie to him.  My parents didn't allow anything to do with Santa and I managed to survive.

Answer 11

The tradition of Santa Claus is, actually, based upon Saint Nicolas who was a kind old Christian.

Calling him a "counterfeit Jesus" would be, to say the very least, inappropriate.

May I suggest that you take the pain to educate yourself a bit?

Please use the link given below to learn more.

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Answer 12

idk.