Posted on 12/22/2004 5:38:19 PM PST by redrock
It's really a simple story.......a Child was Born.
True...on that great and fateful day....not many really understood the importance of that Birth.
True.... for the next 2,000 years plus....we have argued over and over the meaning of that Birth.
Men have attempted to change the meaning of that Birth to fit their own ideas of what life is and isn't...attempting to divide all of us who follow the One born on that day.
Men have attempted to take the most momentous single event in the history of the world....and turn it into a sideshow to the buying of more goods and things.
And, for the most part, they have failed.
Because, at the heart of our Beliefs....is a very simple story. A simple story...but a story that unites us and binds us.
It IS a simple story....a Child was Born.
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And now, in the midst of our Celebration of that wonderous Birth, we are under attack.
We are being told that we need to be more considerate...more feeling of those who do not share our Belief.
That we must NOT celebrate OVERTLY....that we must be sedate.
That scenes of that Birth must NOT be on Government property. (Property that is supported by the taxes of mostly followers of the Child born on that day.)
That Government MUST not be seen to celebrate in any way...shape..or form the Birth of that Child.
That we must have deleted from public display...every single mention of that Child...or even the God that Created us.
...and that we even must change our Greeting from "Merry Christmas".....to something more benign...like "Happy Kwanza" or some such.
I can't speak for anyone else...but (to paraphrase Mr. Heston)....I will stop saying "MERRY CHRISTMAS"....when they pry it from my cold,dead lips.
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We are at War.
A War with those who will never relax in their quest to eradicate Christianity.
...and, sometimes, we are so busy trying to put down the other guy's version of Christianity..we fail to realize , to remember ,that at the very heart and soul of our Belief...is a very simple story. And because we forget that simple story...we don't fight back.
We don't sometimes understand that we hold the keys.
Because, no matter what we do.....no matter how many times we are told that the Birth means nothing...no matter how many times our Religion is denigrated.....no matter how many times we are told not to display any aspect of our Beliefs......this simple salient fact remains.
A Child was Born.
......and the world changed forever.
May you all....have a Merry Chirstmas!!!!
redrock
p.s. This ones for you.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
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You are so right! Merry CHRISTmas and may God richly bless you and yours!
redrock
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
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It seems every Christian knows and understands the wisdom and spiritual necessity of turning the other cheek, and of loving your enemy. But those are not things which are easily effected.
The easy part of what Jesus taught, is to refrain from the things we would never intend to do anyway, and to condemn people who do them, as if we have the right to cast the first stone. That is spiritual pride.
One ultimate lesson of Jesus, is to teach by example. His death was teaching by example. He promised a reward for sacrifice, doing the hard thing.
In our dealings with others, are we scourgers, whippers, condemners, accusers, crowners, ridiculers, debasers, mockers, spitters, burden-givers, terrifiers?
Everyone wants to upset the changetable. What else do they want to do?
Isaiah 9: 6-7:
"For unto us a Child is born. Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end."
I'm happy to see the push to end Christianity and Christmas and all the things we love about our faith.
The vermin have finally come out in the open.
For many years there have been incremental steps taken to abolish our religion, and the insidious creep to destroy the core of our society has gone unnoticed by the majority of people.
I see God's hand in this.
We are seeing the beginnings of a backlash which will restore our God and our faith to it's rightful place in our society.
Please, dear Lord, let it be so.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS, REDROCK!
redrock
Merry Christmas, redrock!
We shall prevail - our faith is stronger than their hate.
That would be your very own heart, right?
redrock
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