Posted on 12/12/2009 1:26:00 PM PST by patriot08
Obamas Won't Celebrate Christmas
A survey of adult Americans finds that an overwhelming majority prefer the seasonal expression "Merry Christmas." More than seven out of ten, in fact. Twenty-two percent, according to Rasmussen Reports, go for "Happy Holidays."
However, the Obamas, who won't spend their first December holidays in the White House, apparently don't like either one.
The Obamas have just mailed thousands of greeting cards that say simply, "Season's Greetings." They're cream-colored, maroon-bordered cards showing a gold wreath wrapped around the presidential coat of arms.
The Obamas' card, paid for by the Democratic National Committee, makes no religious reference whatsoever. "May your family have a joyous holiday season," says the Obamas' greeting, "and a new year blessed with hope and happiness." This comes after reports that, initially anyway, the Obama White House planned its first Christmas to be a "non-religious" one, kind of like a non-sports Super Bowl Sunday.
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Barack Obama doesn't want to offend the sensibilities of folks who aren't Christian by celebrating Christmas, and avoids any reference to the birth of Christ -- even though it's a federal holiday -- at least that's his excuse.
But the "alleged" Christian, who rarely, if ever, attends Christian services, has no problem offending Christians by attending services in a mosque.
The photo above (left) was taken in a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. It shows Obama preparing for an Islamic service taking place in the Sultan Ahmed Mosque.
And in the right photo, Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan remove their shoes as they visit the Blue Mosque with Muslim clerics Emrullah Hatipoglu (R) and Mustafa Cagrici (L) in Istanbul, Turkey.
These photos were taken during Obama's trip to Turkey, last Spring, when Obama said, that Americans "do not consider ourselves a Christian nation..." Obama has made similar statements in the past. In June 2007, he told CBS, "Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation -- at least, not just.
But that’s not what the U.S. Supreme Court ruled when, in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 U.S. 437 (1892), they held that "this is a Christian nation." They meant that this nation was founded on Judeo-Christian biblical principles, and that those who brought these biblical principles to this land and who implemented those principles in our system of government were for the most part professing Christians who were actively involved with Christian churches -- 51 of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention were members of Christian churches, and that leading American political figures in the founding era quoted the Bible far more than any other source.
And the ideals on which they framed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution -- that man is subject to the laws of nature and of nature’s God, that God created man equal and endowed him with basic unalienable rights, that human nature is sinful and therefore government power must be carefully restrained by the Constitution -- are ideals that they derived, directly or indirectly, from the Bible. Some of these ideals may be shared by those of other religious traditions. But the Founding Fathers, with few exceptions, did not read the Koran, or the Upanishads, or the Bagavigita. They read the Bible, and they heard the Bible preached on Sunday mornings.
Besides denying that America is a Christian nation in his April 6 news conference in Turkey, President Obama told the Turkish Parliament on the same day: " We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world -- including in my own country."
The suggestion that Islam has shaped America in any substantial way is ludicrious. As Robert Spencer asks:
Were there Muslims along Paul Revere’s ride, or standing next to Patrick Henry when he proclaimed, "Give me liberty or give me death"? Where there Muslims among the framers or signers of the Declaration of Independence, which states that all men -- not just Muslims, as Islamic law would have it -- are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Were there Muslims among those who drafted the Constitution and vigorously debated its provisions, or among those who enumerated the Bill of Rights, which guarantees -- again in contradiction to the tenets of Islamic law -- that there should be no established national religion, and that the freedom of speech should not be infringed?
The primary contact our Founding Fathers had with Islam occurred during their struggles with the Barbary pirates, who from 1500-1800 carried over a million European Christians -- including some Americans -- into Muslim slavery. For centuries the Knights of Malta protected Europe from the Barbary pirates, but after their demise the European powers decided that paying tribute to the Barbary rulers in exchange for protection was easier and cheaper than fighting them. (Hello Somali pirates!!). But this galled the Americans. In 1786, while Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were in Europe, they asked the ambassador from Tripoli by what right Tripoli could claim tribute from nations which had done his country no injury. Jefferson and Adams reported the ambassador’s response:
It was written in their Koran that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet [Mohammed] were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful [Muslims] to plunder and enslave; and that every Muslim who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise.
When Jefferson became president in 1801, he refused to pay tribute to the Barbary states, and Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis declared war on the United States. The American Navy blockaded the coast of North Africa, and American marines stormed "the shores of Tripoli" and captured the city, forcing the Barbary rulers to agree to terms of peace. The Barbary states soon broke the treaty and demanded tribute again, and President James Madison again sent the U.S. Navy to the Mediterranean, forcing the Barbary states to again sign a treaty of peace.
Clearly, Islamic influence on the United States was minimal, and what little influence there was, was mostly negative.
Much of the Muslim world has a negative view of the United States. Sadly, Obama seems to think the Muslim world will warm up to our country if he shares their negative view.
But if you wish to amend it no problem.
All my original statements stand as they are, because there's no reason to amend them, as they all work together.
The fact that you want to ignore one part and divide it off from another part is your own problem and not mine.
I deny Christmas outright. But I emphatically assert that Jesus was the messiah and is the Lord.
If you don't celebrate Christmas itself, but at the same time you are proclaiming Jesus to be the Messiah of Israel and also your personal savior, according to the Scriptures (as we are given them, to us, to understand) -- then you're obviously not one of those who say nothing about Jesus and who He is and who avoid even talking about Him.
You'll note that I was talking about those who did not want to even mention the reason for the season -- but you apparently are mentioning the reason for the season -- even if you don't want to celebrate the season... LOL...
And that goes to prove my assertion that those who are not mentioning Jesus as the Messiah of Israel, for which we also have our personal salvation (per the Scriptures) -- they are showing a symptom of denying Him overall (by refusing to mention Him at all at this time of year).
You -- I'll note -- have mentioned Him... :-)
Anyone who remains loyal to Islam cannot also be loyal to the Constitution of the United States of America, as the two are mutually exclusive.
That’s just how muslims are.
While I don't approve of our Marxist/Muslim Pres_ent, taking off your shoes when you enter the Blue Mosque (or any other mosque, or for that matter a Buddhist temple) is simply good manners. I've taken off my shoes several times when I entered the Blue Mosque, as well as several other mosques in Turkey, and likewise when I entered temples in Thailand. There's plenty of real stuff to fault our Dear Leader for. Don't fault him for good manners.
The Bush family has sold lots of Christians down the river: Southern Sudanese, Serbians, etc.
And given what has happened in recent years add the American people to that list.
Well, I was just talking about the so-called “Christmas cards” and not mentioning the “reason for the season”... actually.
But, I can add another thing to that one — which President Bush was way off ...
That was him calling Islam a Religion of Peace and then saying that we worshipped the same God (i.e., Christians and Muslims). Now, if that ain’t blasphemy...
Anyone familiar with Islam and with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob knows that Allah fits the description of Satan in the Bible.
Christians don’t worship Satan like the Muslims do...
I got an email that said they were selling obama christmas tree ornaments at walmart.
I will freepmail you the rest of the joke.
One of two choices: Either Soros or Satan. Or maybe Soros and Satan are the same person.
I really feel sorry for those girls. They are dragged out for photo ops, are being indoctrinated/brainwashed with Islam, and being raised by a narcissist homo father and a power hungry, angry possibly narcissistic mother.
“my muslim faith” bump
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