mlive.com — Ah, it's that time of year again. City workers putting up Christmas decorations. Seasonal music piping through retail establishments. Secular humanists resuming their annual plot to dismantle the fabric of American society.....
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Closed AccountNov 21, 2009
let truth - it really doesn't support the idea that there's a FICTITIOUS war on Christmas when your comment includes "made up story of the birth of Christ".We do celebrate the birth of Christ on Christmas.I mean, by all means, celebrate whichever holiday you want to celebrate. I've always been one for saying that instead of yanking the manger scene off of the public property, that they should include respectful representations of other holidays that occur at the same time.That's being inclusive, not exclusive.I would never say, "My Christmas is legit, but your Hannukah is a made-up thing..."
Closed AccountNov 21, 2009
What I can't believe is that she doesn't understand that the real meaning of Christmas is inclusiveness? In one breath she wants the holiday of Christmas to be promoted, and in the next she wants it only for Christians - no inclusiveness allowed. What a jerk.
publiclurkerNov 21, 2009
Try more rum until the taste improves.
aadsfasdfNov 21, 2009
>The best thing any of us can do is just be tolerant of others, whatever they believeThat's just f**king retarded.
Closed AccountNov 21, 2009
So? If you start letting stuff like that ruin your enjoyment of the holiday, you're missing the point. It's not what other people think, it's what YOU think.I'm an atheist and I have a giant christmas music collection, which I bust out around this time of year and don't turn off until half way through January. The holidays aren't about drawing lines and excluding people while trying to get them to stop celebrating, they're about EVERYONE having a good time and being friendly.It's funny that religious people can't see that.
Closed AccountNov 22, 2009
Two points here: one is that I've always seen Epiphany as a separate holiday, so even if the "12 days of Christmas" are all part of Christmas, I've never lumped in Epiphany with that, and two, there's also New Year's Day. Basically, my overall point is, as a kid, I never saw "Happy Holidays," as being secular - it simply struck me as a natural way of encompassing all of the various holidays that even Christians celebrate at that time of the year.
Closed AccountNov 22, 2009
How does that negate today's Christmas?What about Hannukah?