1 posted on
12/07/2003 7:55:03 AM PST by
narses
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2 posted on
12/07/2003 7:55:57 AM PST by
narses
("The do-it-yourself Mass is ended. Go in peace" Francis Cardinal Arinze of Nigeria)
To: narses
Read later.
To: narses
Too bad you left out the biggest group of Christian/Jew haters, the secular entire Democrat, traitor/treason Party (with one exception, if you are a Muslim terrorist, you can worship, murder, slaughter babies and Americans whenever you want! That is just peachy with the America hating Democrats!).
To: narses
I for one think it is pretty rediculous to lump atheists together as a group. There are extremists. It doesn't make all atheists extremists the same way that all Christians cannot be painted with the brush of David Duke.
To: narses
Many municipalities have outlawed the presence of a baby Jesus in a manger outside city hall.Perhaps if the Manger scene were splattered with elephant dung, soaked in urine, and the Holy Family and Wisemen were all nude, it would be acceptable?
Heck - even the NEA art critics would support it.
6 posted on
12/07/2003 8:06:46 AM PST by
Possenti
To: narses
I also think the ACLU finds the Christmas message offensive because it is a story about the most powerful forces in the world, life, love and forgiveness.
7 posted on
12/07/2003 8:10:02 AM PST by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
To: narses
Good points made in the article about Christmas trees and such not even being religious in nature. But so what if they were? I am so into Christmas displays that I go out walking at night in the frigid cold (and snow) to see the displays of my neighbors. Fortunately my town has not succumbed to the political correctness Nazis - the town center is still lit up and decorated every December.
8 posted on
12/07/2003 8:14:03 AM PST by
SamAdams76
(197.8 (-102.2) - Merry Christmas!)
To: narses
Ever Meet a Happy Atheist? I don't know about that, but a lot of people have a hard time believing that there is a God after meeting my ex wife.
9 posted on
12/07/2003 8:14:21 AM PST by
Orangedog
(difference between a hamster & a gerbil?..there's more dark-meat on a hamster!)
To: narses
Many years ago at this time of year, when you went into a department store there were banners proclaiming "Merry Christmas"; today, they invariably proclaim "Happy Holiday." Now you tell me that this isn't being driven by the PC people.
Also, sales personnel are, I am sure, instructed to wish you a "Happy Holiday," to which I reply "And a Merry Christmas to you, too." Now, darn it, some of those folks may not be Christians or even religious, but I resent Christmas being hijacked into some amorphous holiday with no specificity (sorry about those 50-cent words).
To: narses
There are many atheists who really don't mind Christmas and enter into the occassion without being offended. But the fanatics among them too often get all the attention. Tolerance is not a dirty word. What ever happened to "live and let live"?
The Blind Atheist
To: narses
If the separation of church and state is as absolute as the ACLU and their ilk insist then city, state and federal employees ought to be FORCED to work Christmas and Thanksgiving as if it is any other work day. As taxpayers, they should be demanding it.
If the trial ever comes, I hope it goes before the 9th Circus on it's way to the Supreme Court and then we can see just how nasty a knot the Supremes can tie themselves into trying to justify a federal holiday for Thanksgiving (if you're an atheist, to whom are you giving thanks and why should you get a paid day off on our tax dollars to do it?) and Christmas (read the label - this ain't about Santy Clause).
If we take the ACLU and the separation folks to their logical conclusion, this is where it ends and it speaks volumes that they aren't suing to steal Christmas and Thanksgiving from government workers because they know it would lead to their lynchings in the public square.
12 posted on
12/07/2003 8:23:29 AM PST by
Tall_Texan
("Is Rush a Hypocrite?" http://righteverytime2.blogspot.com)
To: narses
Ever Meet a Happy Atheist? Ever meet a happy person who posts unprovoked disparaging generalizations?
19 posted on
12/07/2003 10:06:08 AM PST by
elfman2
To: narses
Once again, we agnostics are hung out to dry. Woe is me!
22 posted on
12/07/2003 10:19:36 AM PST by
Glenn
(What were you thinking, Al?)
To: narses
ever see an athiest home for the elderly?
24 posted on
12/07/2003 11:27:34 AM PST by
Kay Soze
(Liberal Homosexuals kill more people than Global Warming, SUVs’, Firearms & Terrorism combined.)
To: narses
Dr. Suess wrote a story about these guys.
37 posted on
12/07/2003 3:44:34 PM PST by
Tribune7
(It's not like he let his secretary drown in his car or something.)
To: narses
Hard to find Christmas cards with, "Merry Christmas" on them. Seems the Politically correct mode is have a Happy Holiday. Ain't that a shame and we let the minority do it. I even looked at the new Coke can..they used to say Merry Christmas now only Holiday 2003. Got my unions trade paper yesterday and it too now avoids the term Christmas and only wishes us Happy Holiday..Pittiful, when will it end.
40 posted on
12/07/2003 3:59:41 PM PST by
JamesA
(Stand together, stand your ground and don't back down. Its ours to lose!)
To: narses
Ever Meet a Happy Atheist?God knows!
42 posted on
12/07/2003 5:32:17 PM PST by
thesummerwind
(like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
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