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SANTA CLAUS ~STRANGELY COMPARED TO~ JESUS CHRIST

1. Has white hair like wool                                                 1. Revelation 1:14 - Daniel 7:9
2. Beard-curly and white                                                    2. Isaiah 50:6 - Rev. 1:14
3. Comes from North Pole                                                 3. Ez. 1:4; Ex.26:35 Psa.48:2
4. Omniscient-knows about all                                           4. Revelation 19:6
5. Ageless, eternal                                                              5. Rev. 1:8,21:6; Hebrews 13:8
6. Makes List of Judgments                                               6. Rev.20:12; 14:7; 21:27; 2 Cor.5:10
7. Checks list twice                                                             7. Dan. 8:14; Matt. 10:26, 1 Cor.5:10
8. Gifts given on basis of a list                                           8. Matt.25:21; Rev. 21:27; 22:14
9. Christmas rewards once yearly                                      9. Leviticus 23:26-32
10. Confess wrongs to Santa                                            10. I John 2:1, I Tim. 2:5
11. Promise to be better next year                                     11. John 14:15,21; 15:10; I Jn. 2:3
12. Asks children to obey parents                                      12. Eph. 6:1; Prov. 6:20; Col. 3:20
13. Hour of his coming a mystery                                       13. Luke 12:40; Mark 13:33; Matt.24:36
14. Rudolph's shining nose to guide                                   14. Matt. 2:2,7,9-10; Numbers 24:17
15. Calls all children to his knee                                         15. Matt. 19:14, Luke 18:16
16. Be good for goodness sake                                         16. Matt. 19:17; Col 1:29; Phil. 2:13
17. Has a twinkle in his eye                                                 17. Rev. 1:14, 2:18
18. Swift visit to whole world in 1 day.                                 18. 2 Peter 3:8; Rev. 18:8, Isa. 47:9
19. Omnipresent-Found in every mall                                 19. Psa. 139:7-10; Eph. 4:6
20. Says "Ho,ho"                                                                  20. Zecheriah 2:6

INVENTED FOR THE PAGAN SUN GOD BAAL	CATHOLIC DOCTRINES OF THE VATICAN
1. The nativity of the Sun, the birth of Tammuz Dec. 25	The nativity of Jesus, Christmas Dec 25
2. The Midsummer festival held Jun 24	The Nativity of St. John held June 24
6. 40 days fasting for Tammuz, Ezek. 8:14	40 days of Lent
9. Veneration of graven images of Baal, Ishtar, Tammuz and lesser gods in the heavens	Veneration of graven images of Jesus, Mary, Peter, and of the "lesser" saints in the heavens
13. Burning incense and candles Jer 11:17; Ezek 8:11	The burning of incense and candles
18. Painting of the child (Tammuz) and mother (Semiramus) with the glory of the Sun around their heads	Paintings of the child (Jesus) and mother (Mary) with halos or of the Sun around their heads
31. Phallic symbol of the male placed on roofs or in homes as a sign of allegiance with Baal	Largest phallic symbol in center of St. Peter's square as well as steeples on all Catholic churches
45. Pine tree cones used to represent the diety of a solar god Osiris, Bacchus, Dionysus, as well as Mexican gods, Hindu gods, and Assyrian gods	Largest pine cone sculpture in the world found in the "Court of the pine cone" at the Vatican. Pine cone is also found carved into the crooked pagan staff (serpent crosier) or the Popes of Rome. In fact the pine cone is found all throughout the Vatican as well as Cathedrals as decoration.

Luke 17:26-27 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. (27) They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

Ezekiel 46:1, “Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.”

“Referring to Rorate (Nativity), a traditional Scottish melody featured on her recent Christmas album, American Scottish fiddler Bonnie Rideout described the lyrics in a way that really captures the essence of Christmas - namely syncretism: It’s about the birth of the Son, meaning the s-o-n, the Christ-child. And then the lyrics continue to talk about the earth and the sea and the birth of the sun, s-u-n, meaning the winter solstice. The sun is coming back and with the return of the sun, comes new hope. But in the Christian sense, the birth of the Son, meaning the Christ child, is the bringing of new hope for Christians. So there is this sort of nice interplay with the Christian and the Pagan beliefs coming together and sort of meaning the same thing, which is the rebirth of the spirit. It’s a very uplifting feeling." Bonnie Rideout, The Thistle and Shamrock, produced by Fiona Ritchie, National Public Radio, 12/23/99.

1 Kings 18:21, "And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him..."

Deuteronomy 12:29-32, "When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it."

Acts 17:30, “the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:”