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‘Ambassadors of Christ’ Execute Santa Claus to Highlight True Meaning of Christmas
- Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:33pm by
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Repent Amarillo, a radical group in Texas which claims to be — quite literally — an Army of God, has moved on from trying to burn copies of the Koran to marking the Christmas holiday season with a staged execution of Jolly Ol’ St. Nick.
I’m all for remembering Christ in Christmas, but something tells me that Santa homicide isn’t really what God has in mind. (Warning: not for kids)
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Comments (152)
APatriotFirst
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:43pmWonder if these folks would turn down donations. Nah, they probably love to receive gifts. These are not christians.
Report Post »Scott A
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:21pmNo, you’re right, shooting down idolitry is wrong.Although there methods are worth discussion, I question you‘re response more than I do their’s.
Report Post »Scott A
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:42pmI’m a little disterbed by the responses here. Could someone please give me the Bible verse for Santa?
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 9:02pmwhat about the bible verse for the internet?
Report Post »Scott A
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:11pmWhat does God’s word have to do with the internet?
Report Post »DeVain
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:12pmRight after you give me the bible verse for December 25th being the day christ was born.
Report Post »nmb7401
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:37pmMy Momma taught me a long time ago, you will always know who the idiot’s are in the room as soon as they open their mouth…these people qualify on that alone! What IDIOT’S!!!
Report Post »missivus
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 9:53pmLet’s educate the idiots. http://www.northpolesantaclaus.com/santahistory.htm
Report Post »Scott A
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:26pmDittto!
Report Post »Col. HawK
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:37pmI’m sorry but I beg to differ from your rant. God gave us each ‘Free Will’, you are only showing a mirror image of fanaticalness, you are no different that them, casting your own erroneous judgement on others. Yahweh, Christ the Price of Peace would not approve I’m sure of your statements. Who are you to judge anyway, what is right ans what is wrong?. You should re-read your Bible and come to the understanding, that through example, is what He has taught us. The right way to do His biding. You give us(True Christians) a bad name. I reject your point of view, and I may be wrong, but I’m sure that He will back me up on this. Only through His example will the blind see the light.
Report Post »All you’ve done is show your face, and your friends to world as an ignorant, blind person filled with hate and created more enemies for yourself. If you are so passionate, with such deep conviction in Christ, stand freely on a street corner, or in some other way, show your light.
Your ‘Range Master’ should revoke your membership privileges immediately, simply for disobeying the rules. The ATF, or whoever should also reconsider whether you are of sound mind and judgement to be handling firearms, with that much hate you so proudly wear on your T-Shirt.
And last but not least, a Merry Christmas to you too. I pray the Lord have mercy on your souls.
OUT !!
CYBERFOX
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:35pmI hate these kind of religious people (i.e. Westboro Baptist Church, Repent Amarillo)
Report Post »psykeskaos
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:31pmHere we are trying to disassociate ourselves from senseless violence created by religious idiots and they pull dumb s*** like this. Extremism is not acceptable regardless of who does it. These people are a clear danger.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:31pmI guess this means they wont be putting up a tree this year.
Report Post »Pyx
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:25pmI think people should visit Santa’s Grave at
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poverty.sucks
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:11pmRedneck YMCA members I reckon. I wouldn’t be surprised if they would make a snowman next to a fire.
Report Post »CaptainSpaulding
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:07pm…the true meaning of Xmas is murder and violence?
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:05pmThey really need to figure out what Christmas is all about. It is our way of celebrating Jesus being born and dying for all sins. These people are dangerous and need to be talked to and taught the lessons of Christ. The dude says we, only and that means he has a mouse in his pocket. Christmas was to give to the poor. If anyone has been misled it is these people. For God says it is better to give than to receive. So how these people come up with this is pure nonsense. Merry Christmas everyone.
Report Post »LowIQGenius
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:04pmI‘m pretty sure the Gospel mentions that we should not draw joy from ANYONE’s death. Those guys sure are doing a great job of winning over hearts and minds in the name of The Prince of Peace…
:-(
Report Post »thorkyl
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:03pmNot even worth watching….
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:00pmOhhhhhhh dear Lord they shot Santa Wha,Wha,Wha,now i will never get and Christmas presents
Report Post »westy98530
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:58pmA few seconds into the video “guilty of crimes against the Lord our God”. Don’t even need to watch any further, that’s the crux of the issue right there. There is no place in Christian Theology for any concept of prosecuting crimes against the Lord. None whatsoever. That, above all, is what separates Christianity from other faiths, and makes it the true religion of peace. Real Christians recognize that God doesn’t need our help enforcing His laws.
Report Post »The1776er
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 9:46pmYou have a good point there. God doesn’t need our help. LOL.
Report Post »ACCOUNTABLE
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:52pmwe are all “guilty of crimes against the Lord our God” it is called sin and therefore the entire reason for Jesus Christ’s redemption through his death and resurrection. Also, the “Santa Claus Story” came from a Saint Nicholas that was a follower of Christ (all were called Saints in the early days) and was well known for his charity and giving spirit in his village. The greatest gift of all is Jesus Christ.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:57pmMoron’s like this, give Christians a bad name… idiots.
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:00pmI’am for Christianity but it is “christians” who give Christianity a bad name.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:56pmthanks for posting this, Blaze.
Seriously.
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:55pmNICE frickin sweatshirt by the way. Apparently, NONE of us can coeexist with Cracy Christians who believe in a fashion that is slighly different than their own.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:54pmWHY DIDN’T YOU MAKE HIM TALK FIRST?
We need to study this… “Rudolph”.
Report Post »drago
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:52pmFirst of all, the guy talking is’nt a texan,(no accent for that area,) and in no way represents all texan’s, of which i am one.I’f i had the time and money, i’d go to amarillo, and b!tch slap these idiots back to the stone age.These are’nt christians, but some extremist yahoo’s looking for attention.
Kill ‘em all, and let God sort them out…..
Report Post »biggreenboo
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 10:46amPlease don’t call them “Extremists”… there was nothing extreme about that video. At one point (during the video) I looked down at the back of my hand… that was more extreme then these retards.
The message at the end of the video had a bit of truth to it… but all and all… just more bananas that fell out of the sanity tree.
Now for something real EXTREME… where’s that back of my hand again.
Report Post »Merry Christmas everyone.
guyperram
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:43pmWell, they didn’t have the stones to pick on Muslims, so lets try to take the fun out of Christmas. Yea, I know it is just an old German custom, but it is still fun.
Report Post »Besides, they really do not know, for sure, what day he was born on. This is a “consensus” and you know how well that worked with global warming (scam).
Malachai
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:42pmWhat an amazing group, those Christians.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:23pmYeah, all three of them. This is a sect of crazies, we aren’t all like that and you know it.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 9:12pmMalachi…They may be stupid in their actions, but they will see Heaven and you will probably see hell…
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:42pmJust plain stupid. Nothing like giving the left a little “fuel for the fire” to make Christians out to be nuts.
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:53pmHe. He Heee. make christians out to be nuts. He he HawHaaaa. I’m a Christian 1776…but these folks are most certainly NUTS!!! The two, after all , are not mutually exclusive.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:45pmand that they will do.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:44pmWait – why do you think it was some one of the left – you don’t know that – why do you automatically blame the left for everything! That is unfair and also simply not true!! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 6:12pm@Walk-
Report Post »Just look at their shirts. Who else, but the left, wears shirts or has bumper stickers that say “coexist” using pagan symbols? These aren’t Christians, they are some lefties trying to make Christians look crazy.
338lapua
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:41pmNo one says we here on earth cannot participate in customs on Christmas.As long as Christ is the center of our lives, we may allow Santa into our homes. Executing an icon is not productive.
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:54pmgood for you lapua.
Report Post »Agentuntomyself
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:50pmAgreed. And by the way, wasn’t Santa Clause origionally some nice guy who gave gifts to poor children? I’d say that is a pretty good symbol for Christianity, wouldn’t you? It‘s not Santa’s fault that people take it to the extreme and go all greedy and materialistic.
Report Post »Scott A
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 9:01pmShall we practice the traditions of men?
Report Post »Kilkman
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:16amGod and Idols
1 Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel. 2 This is what the LORD says:
“Do not learn the ways of the nations
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
though the nations are terrified by them.
3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
their idols cannot speak;
they must be carried
because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them;
they can do no harm
nor can they do any good.”
6 No one is like you, LORD;
you are great,
and your name is mighty in power.
7 Who should not fear you,
King of the nations?
This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
and in all their kingdoms,
there is no one like you.
8 They are all senseless and foolish;
they are taught by worthless wooden idols.
9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish
and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made
is then dressed in blue and purple—
all made by skilled workers.
10 But the LORD is the true God;
he is the living God, the eternal King.
When he is angry, the earth trembles;
the nations cannot endure his wrath.
11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]
12 But God made the earth by his power;
he founded the world by his wisdom
and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
13 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;
he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
Report Post »every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;
they have no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
16 He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,
including Israel, the people of his inheritance—
the LORD Almighty is his name.
(Jerimiah 10)
PatriotComeLately
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:41pmReligious extremism of ANY kind is dangerous
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:51pmYes indeed it is!! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 7:52pmNo kidding, this is ridiculous. The scroll made with crayons was silly and these folks could maybe use a little counseling
Report Post »mara123
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:01pmThey look an sound like idiots to me.
Report Post »Svt4Him
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:13pmSometimes just taking the warning signs off of products would fix this.
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:15pmThis guy has problems. Just stick to Jesus’ words and nothing else. Does this mean that this man‘s children don’t receive birthday presents because that is “commercial”? We are judged by how we treat others, not how we enforce our morality and prejudices on them, especially under the guise of religion.
I know the Progressive-Dadas want to get rid of religion by ridicule and other means: Viral Video Expose http://www.marcrubin.com/dada.ivnu , but morons like this aid the Progressive-Dadas because they make religious people look as stupid as this man..
Israel National Radio Interview with Marc Rubin on authentic ancient history: http://www.marcrubin.com/judean-eve.ivnu
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 8:34pmI disagree with all of the above as I have seen the comments. If you listen to the message after you will hear that it was done in fun to make a serious point. A point I agree with 100%. Christmas has gotten way out of hand and Christ is lost in all of it. The message of Christ is a whole lot better than any Santa story or tradition. I spent a couple of Christmases with my brother’s family in NY. It was disgusting how they bought 20 plus presents for their kids. The kids wern’t thankful they expected the gifts and displayed the greed that they were being taught. My Brother and his wife just didn’t get it at all. It disgusted me to think that it was nothing more than how many presents, and how much food. There wasn’t any lesson on Christ and giving to Him. Jesus, I don’t think was ever mentioned. So, after seing that and knowing how much God hates idols in the lives of His people, I think this was a good message to present. Sorry folks I don’t agree with you on this one!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com
Report Post »Pastortonations
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 9:07pmIf you are “offended,” could it be bc you are convicted by the truth? I am not sure I agree with their methods, but I agree 100% with their message.
Report Post »The1776er
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 9:39pmMr. Fawcett, I agree. Christmas is no longer about Jesus, it’s about things, material goods. I thought the way that they presented the whole scenario was creative and funny, and I honestly don’t quite understand why everyone seems to be against this. If anyone could explain, I would appreciate it.
Report Post »101
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 9:40pmCommon not Santa Clause I enjoy the jolly ol’man
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Nice to see you enjoy crayons, that‘s what you’ll be playing with after your committed to the insane asylum!
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You buy a Mexican piñata and can’t hit it from 5 yards away with a 12 ga shotgun so you walk up and shoot it at point blank. lmao
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If this is your army, two women that would stroke out trying to run half way around the block who can’t shoot a sitting target from 5 yards. Then I suggest you stick to dancing with your serpent rattle snakes behind closed doors, you’ll have a better chance of survival!
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Long live Santa Clause!
VoteBushIn12
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 9:58pmCOMING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU!
These Christians are crazy! They are a special group and are clearly not the “Religion of Peace” they want us to believe they are. All they want is for all of us to follow their prophet Jesus Christ and wont stop until every single person in the world follows him. In fact, the way Pres Obama acts, I bet he HIMSELF is a Christian – unbelievable!
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 9:58pmHell we need some Christians that are extreme or we will be eaten alive.
Report Post »Bounder
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:02pmWhat seems to be lost on some people is the fact that the Santa Claus story is an extension of a real life story of the man known as St. Nicholas. He made it his habit to throw small sacks of money through the windows (open, I hope) of needy people, and then running away so no one would see who it was. This is an example of true giving, where the giver wishes to remain anonymous and simply wants to reflect God’s own giving nature. I think Santa Claus is an important sidebar to the Christmas story.
Report Post »Tony
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:10pmIs Religious extremism of ANY kind dangerous? Well it depends upon who defines what is “extreme”, doesn’t it. To some it is extreme to believe the Bible IS the words of God and is true without error. To some it is “extreme” to believe that Jesus is the Son of God and is the only way to Heaven.
To stage a “mock” execution of santa claus is not something I’d want my granchildren exposed to but the message the ill advised group delivered after this stupid attenttion getter is not extreme unless you believe Santa is the reason for the season.
Now if someone protests at the funeral of a fallen soldier in the name of Christ, that is not only extreme, it is horribly anti Christ.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:25pmIf these people had been Muslims, that wouldn’t have been a piñata.
Report Post »spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:28pm“RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM” of any kind is dangerous…………………..for it inspires—– “phariseeism”
Report Post »whereas “relationship with the King of Kings” inspires Gods love/grace/peace/favor–etc etc etc
WHICH WOULD YOU HAVE??????????????????????????????
DogTags
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:57amThis isnt religious extremism. This is just stupidity. These “christians” are in the same group as Fred Phelps’ nuts in Kansas. They are Pharisees. Plain and simple. The “extremist” label is thrown around so much that it has lost its meaning and effectiveness.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 6:06pmI don’t believe this was for real. For one, who, but liberals wear or even have bumper stickers that say “coexist” using symbols? It looked to me like all the people in the video were wearing the “coexist” sweatshirts.
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