Naughty or Nice?
December 14, 2009 at 4:15 pm | Posted in Christianity | Leave a commentTags: America, ateasetees, bad, bad childhood, Barack Obama, Boy Scouts, Christian, Christmas, church, coal, covet, criminal, define, eternal, evangelism, Exodus, faith, gifts, God, God centered, good, gospel, hell, hope, improper, Jesus, Joel Osteen, judgment, lie, list, love, lust, man centered, mischievous, naughty, nice, Nobel, none righteous, peace, Pharoah, presents, Proverbs 20:6, Rassmussen, repent, Romans 3:10, Santa, Savior, sin, steal, torment, truth, victim
Well, it’s that time of year again. The time when every little girl and boy tries to make it onto the “nice/good” list. In a recent Rassmussen poll (Dec. 8th), the consensus was in and 9% of Americans believe that they would make the “naughty/bad” list. Nine percent. Another 77% say that they would make the “good” list and 14% weren’t sure about it. The poll clarified things a little bit by saying that they didn’t really define “naughty” or “nice”.
I can only shake my head and laugh at this. It’s not surprising at all. The poll left the definition of good and bad up to the individual and 77% of Americans have defined themselves as good. If we go by the definition found in the dictionary, someone is good if they are “pleasing, agreeable, delightful, virtuous, respectable, and decorous”. On the other hand, the definition of naughty is “disobedient, mishcievous, improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent”. This means that 77% of Americans believe that they are agreeable, virtuous, and respectable. If you ask the majority of people on the streets if they are good, they will say that they are without hesitation that they are good. Some go to the point of painting themselves as saints. They are the most helpful, courteous, kind, cheerful, (and humble) people that you’ve ever met. They’re veritable Boy Scouts. The 14% who aren’t sure are at least honest enough to consider that they’ve done something over the past year that is less than virtuous. Then there are those poor souls who make up the 9% of naughty people in America. They are the dark, horrible, twisted souls who roam about seeking trouble and making lives miserable. What’s amusing about this is the fact that all of this “naughty and nice” stuff is all to determine whether or not a non-existent fat man in a red suit can bring them a lot of material goods. Continue Reading Naughty or Nice?…
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