Can Someone Tell Me How This Stands For Christmas and The Birth of Christ? (Google Mocks Christ)

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[NRA2BFree]

How do you know that's a reference to Christmas?

[trumandogz]

What about Yahoo?


What is their excuse?

[MarkL]

I think that you're reading WAY too much into this, but hey, I'm not a Christian. If you want to be offended by Google, by all means do so. It's your right.

Mark

[gpk9]

"This is a total mocking of the birth of Christ in my opinion."

Christmas is a total mocking of the birth of Christ in my opinion.

See my article "Christ and Christmas".

[My Favorite Headache]

I love Charles Stanley and he summed it up this weekend in his sermon...

The War Against Christmas



Scripture: Matthew 2:1-20
Christmas is the happiest time of year for most people. But today, there is a war on Christmas. Many people want to remove Christ from the holiday and just wish us “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.”



I. The History of the War



There has always been hatred, fear and animosity toward Jesus.

A. Herod tried to kill him.
B. Once Christ began His ministry, religious leaders opposed Him.

C. It’s not a war against a religion. It’s a war against a Person.

D. The term “politically correct” came from the Communist Manifesto.



II. The Character of the War

A. Religious. People would like to eliminate or quiet the church.
B. Organized. Our society has celebrated Christmas for hundreds of years, now educators in public schools are told they can’t mention Christmas.

C. Cloaked. Using the term “separation of church and state,” people are seeking freedom from religion, instead of freedom of religion.



III. The Weapons of the War

A. Lawsuits
B. Ungodly judges



IV. The Campaign of the War

A. Eliminate the name of Christ.
B. Eliminate manger scenes.

C. Eliminate “Merry Christmas.”



1. They want our money, but they don’t want to acknowledge why we celebrate this time of year.

2. Compromise opens the door for more freedoms to be stolen from us. It begins small. But once you compromise, the next time it’s easier. Dr. Stanley example: Raising children in today’s society.

V. The Reasons for Compromise

A. Fear. Primarily, we fear rejection.
B. Avoid conflict. People don’t want to get involved.

C. Easily intimidated. They believe sharing their faith, or even a Christmas greeting, is “pushing” their religion on someone else.

D. Don’t want to mix religion with politics. But, as a child of God, you should mix your faith with everything.



VI. The Choices Believers Have

A. To support the war against Christmas
B. To remain silent and do nothing

C. To stand up and voice our opinions and decide to support the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.



Conclusion



This war is against God. It’s zeroed in on His Son, and it’s against everything that is holy and godly. Ask yourself, Which of these groups do I stand in? Support? Silence? Or, standing courageously and strongly for the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

[Knitting A Conundrum]

The series of doodles, all 5 of them, can be seen here:

http://www.google.com/doodle12.html

panel 1. Google wrapped with tinsel.

Panel 2. Kangaroo and baby start to wind garland into balls

Panel 3 Kangaroo and baby knitting

Panel 4 Kangaroo and baby give sweater to mama Kangaroo

Panel 5 family portrait of daddy, mommy and baby Kangaroo, with Mama wearing the sweater

[Eccl 10:2]

Usually the best thing you can do is ignore these "offenses". Those who believe differently than you profit not from the "offense", but rather from your reaction.

It's like being teased when you were a kid.

[perfect stranger]

I would be suprised if Google has ever done a religious theme for their logo.

I have used google about 10 times today and have yet to see the logo on their home page.

I've also used AltaVista and Ask.com today. AltaVista doesn't acknowledge the holiday while Ask.com has a great display for Christmas.

[trumandogz]

How did you feel when Google dedicated its home page to recognize the birth of Mohammad?

[Wormwood]

Behold the blasphemy!

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Now you have seen this offensive series of insults against a Christian Nation. Torches and pitchforks are available in the lobby.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

This is not part of it. Don't become Christian Taliban. You don't follow Christ by behaving like the Enemy. You follow Christ by following Christ, and not expecting non-believers to behave like Christians, nor forcing them to.

I don't expect secular outlets to behave like churches.

[hole_n_one]

FWIW, Google and "the season" thru the years......

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[lesser_satan]

even the story of the Nativity contains hints about the crucification with the wisemen and their gifts.

I'm intrigued, please elaborate.

[Wormwood]

You follow Christ by following Christ, and not expecting non-believers to behave like Christians, nor forcing them to.

Please refrain from making any more reasonable and thoughtful statements in this thread.

You're making it difficult to manufacture outrage. :(

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[Coleus]

I think you have way too much time on your hands. >>>

I say the same thing about freepers answering "Chat" threads on the FR on Christmas Day.

[My Favorite Headache]

Well I see the sarcasm has over flowed the thread now...I will leave it up to the comedians and yourself to run the show from here on out...go get em chief.

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