I believe this is a phrase to tell Atheists that God is more than some mythical legendary fairytale. I know Atheists compare God to Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny many times, saying do you believe in them too? This I believe is because many think of God as either a bearded old man with white long hair much like Zeus (or Santa Claus with no hat or suit of red picture Santa wearing a toga looks a lot like Zeus) or as Jesus that is not here but off in heaven someplace. But this doesn't fit with the Omni-Present, Omni-Potent, Omni-Sentient being we are taught about that is everywhere.

An atheist would say show me your God I see him nowhere. A religious person says you can not see God, it is by faith you know he is there. A spiritual person says God is everywhere, all I can see is God.

What if this world was not created by "the Good God" but rather by the "fallen angels" and for some reason or other we became trapped here? Wrong choice our original sin?

It would then not be a matter of God depriving us of what we want it would be more a case of us needing to work our way out of our difficulties, we becoming wiser in the process. Sacred scriptures supposedly tell us how to find the Way out, what the Truth really is, and that Life is eternal ?

Overly possessive and obliging parents actually weaken children and diminish their ability to operate effectively and creatively in their communities and the world at large. I, personally, am very pleased that God is not Santa Claus. In hindsight some of the gifts I have asked for in the past would have been disastrous for me.

I realise that a belief in repeated and unlimited trys (reincarnation) to overcome the challenges we find here are an aid to understanding what I say above.

In the words of my 5 yr old "Santa is God's friend and God gave him the things to give everyone". Unfortunately a lot of religions frown on abundance on a materialistic level - but didn't Jesus advise us to be like little children? I think I'll let my 5 yr old be my teacher on this one.

santa was born from the imagination of humans and is considered as being an imaginary fictitious being. god (for those who believe in him) can be considered as being he who explains the inexplicable.

first off-all addicts of all types suffer from arrested developement-this is espicially true with hard core drog addicts.if they became addicted,say at age 18 or so, and stayed addicted consistently for long enough, then they would not really mature past the age of 18. this is a mental psychological lack of developement that i refer to-and te damage of the actual substances and you basically have an overgrown child-and what child doesnt believe in santa?