Originally posted by dawnstar
It's sure the heck is less irratating than that group of people thinking you're gonna stand at the door and hear "the good news" as the food in
the oven burns to a crisp!!
LOL Yeah I hate that too ha ha ha
Lets make it a "Personal Beliefs" Day! and what ever your religion is or what ever your angst for religion is we make it a day of tolerance. Then
atheists can learn to tolerate all our symbols pagan and Christian and we can tolerate all the nit picking about them being pagan symbols!
Of course then again that poses a problem too. Since so many of the Christmas symbolism has it's start from pagan celebrations and they seem not to
mind that. It's only when Christians use them that seems to upset them so. isn't that the reason I see it posted so much?
So guess if we make the holiday in that way they will at least have to wonder if the person they are about to acost with having it "rubbed" in there
faces. We can just assume it is a pagan using that Tree with little lights and they have a right to use it too. I couldn't care less.
If someone sees the "tradition as ignorant" then sue em for being ignorant. It wouldn't surprise me if they bring it to the supreme court since it
seems to be such a big deal. Then we can have political debates to remove all fables we grew up with stricken from our culture. No more Rudolph the
red nose reindeer no more peter cottontail no santa because they are ignorant lies and not entertaining cartoons of a christian tradition. Lets
legislate intelligence and attitudes opinions too. Make it against the law to believe in God at all. It's been tried before? That won't make
the ignorant any smarter nor will it give them any less a reason to lean on the hope that there is more to life then living to die with nothing after.
No legacy we would remember no reason to justify any point to why we were ever born. That we just happened and when we existed,,, oh what difference
does it make, you get the point. Life is too short such deeply entrenched American cultures as Christmas. I was watching TV where one of the
candidates was castigated for having what looked like a cross in his Christmas commercial. He has even been the subject of lawsuits that are
looming. I swear it is as if he displayed a noose because people got as "offended" acting as indignant as Al sharpton was by that noose on a tree.
Lets make accomodations for everyones sensitivities where we can all walk around on eggshells worrying who the next person with a self concept one
molecule away from being an eggshell is gonna have ther "witto feewings" hurt. Now thats IGNORANT.
I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don't agree with Darwin , but I
didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his Theory of Evolution
Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because some one says a 30-second prayer before a game.
So what' s the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the ten commandments . They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking
him to grant safety to the players and the fans going home from the game.
But it's a Christian prayer!
Yes, and this is the United States of America , According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1.
So what would you expect -- somebody chanting Hare Krishna? I see it in some places airports and taxi stops but it's like water off a ducks back to
me.
If I went to a game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.
But what about the atheists? Is another argument.
What about them?
Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection plate. If you see a cross and it offends you ,, look the otherway. If
you hear the word Jesus or "Merry CHRISTmas. If that's asking too much, bring a pair of ear plugs. . Call your lawyer!
Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think leaving Jesus in Christmas
is going to shake the world's foundations. So give it a break.
That said Merry Christmas
- Con
PS; if that last sentence offends you, well .. just sue me.
[edit on 23-12-2007 by Conspiriology]
[edit on 23-12-2007 by Conspiriology]
