Who Is Your Imaginary Friend?

I’d like to stay with the comment of the individual who posted on Ken Ham’s FaceBook page (See yesterdays blog: MURDERER OR NOT?).  Specifically the end of his comment:

“It saddens me that an adult could believe such things as fact. You are robbing your children of their lives and wonder by filling every unknown with an imaginary friend. Indoctrination is abuse.”

I am extremely amused whenever I hear this argument from individuals who simply want to force their version of reality upon me.  It is not that they want to have an honest conversation about Life, Religion, Politics, Science, or Philosophy, rather they simply want to shut down any opposing point of view or any theory that doesn’t match their particular world view.

So what saddens me is that there are adults that actually believe (a) The U.S. did not successfully land men on the moon and return them safely rather it was all a hoax.  (b) That aliens crashed into the Earth at Area 51 or Roswell NM and the U.S. Military is keeping it a secret.  (c) That the U.S. Government was involved in bringing down the World Trade Centers on 9/11/2001.  (d) That this doll in Key West is actually possessed by evil spirits.  (e) That some Government Agency knows more about you than your closest friend or relative.  (f) Almost any of the wacky stories that I am entertained by nightly on Coast To Coast AM.  (g) That Cuba is a much better place to be than America because of their healthcare.  (h) Anything at all Michael Moore says.  (i) That President Barrack Hussein Obama has a high approval rating.  I could literally go on and on and on.

I certainly do not know the individual who posted on Ken’s FaceBook page, but I do know other individuals who have made the same ridiculous statement.  And the vast majority of the other individuals I know only care about one fantasy world and one only.  And that is the one they believe I live in.

I am willing to bet whatever fortune I do not have that this particular individual has no problem whatsoever with (a) Santa Clause.  (b) Easter Bunny.  (c) Tooth Fairy.  (d) Jack Frost.  (e) Cupid.  (f) Loch Ness Monster.  (g) Big Foot.  (h) Swamp Thing.  (i) Paul Bunyan and Babe.  (j) Teddy Bears.  (k) Any imaginary childhood friend other than a God.

Is it not somewhat interesting that the only imaginary friend/fairy tale these people want to stamp out is the one labeled Christianity?  All the rest are perfectly fine.  Just not this one.

And he seemingly wants to stamp it out for the children.  Why we are robbing the children of their very lives and wonder by propagating some imaginary friend on them (yes, a fairy tale).  What our FaceBook posting friend never considers is that I am obviously a victim also.  I must have had my life and wonder robbed as a young child.  Balderdash!  Is it not of some wonder that every child that has ever succumbed to the allure of Santa Clause eventually outgrows it.  I have many friends who were brought up in the Church who haven’t set foot in one in years.  I have friends whose parents are Christian and yet they profess to be atheist.  And I also have friends whose parents are anything but Christian and yet they profess Jesus Christ.  It would seem that there is this one imaginary friend who stretches across the boundaries of a lifetime, and that is decided upon on a case by case basis with each person making an individual choice.  Our FaceBook posting friend conveniently ignores all the evidence and inserts his own world view in order to interpret the data as he sees fit.

Why would any right thinking individual outgrow Santa Clause, yet not outgrow the person of Jesus Christ?  Why is Santa Clause such a good and healthy imaginary friend and fantasy, yet the person of Jesus Christ is not?  Why is there one particular person, one particular set of followers, and one particular book that is so threatening to people?

And I have a question for our FaceBook poster.  After removing prayer from schools, the study of creation from the classroom, and Nativity scenes as a form of Christmas decoration,  who in the world is he afraid of?  It is not Christians who are pushing their religion on the simple minded as we our led to believe, rather it is the strong minded (I might say close minded) who are attempting to rip Christianity from the fabric of our very lives.

Indeed, a little imagination is a good thing.  But when I start defending my imaginary friend, one must conclude that that I am either delusional or else there is more to my imaginary friend than meets the eye.

I am a huge admirer of Dr. Ravi Zacharias.  I was privileged to be at a session once where he was answering questions and I heard him say “It’s my fantasy and I’m perfectly happy with it, so leave me alone”.  Indeed, the one fantasy that no one wants to leave alone, is Christianity.

My world view has an answer for this.  It says we wrestle, not with flesh and blood, but with principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.  What is strange is that those that would shut down my world view would even care.

So my  friend is more than just imaginary.  He is quite real.  His name is Jesus Christ and he is the Son of the Most High God.  Who is yours?