Posted on 11/22/2005 7:36:12 AM PST by Alouette
Welcome to the Church! There are some parishes and places where, sadly, being divorced is more a badge of honor than being single; however, there are lots of parishes and places that hold with what has always been taught, and Benedict XVI has shown he's on the side of Catholicism and not rad-lib-revisionism.
I'm in the process of clearing up clutter before Advent ... this is quite a process, as I am rather short and extremely pregnant. We don't have Christmas until December 25!
Well, the Church is also closing up lots of parishes. It's SRO every weekend where I go. I hope that's not because they close popular parishes as well as the underattended ones.
I agree that Judaism and Christianity can and should coexist with reverence in our society. The bedrock of our rule of law, our societal and governmental structures, and traditional morality all were designed with Judeo-Christian thought in mind. Meaning that the very core of our country draws on principles from both Judaism and Christianity.
But then again, there's radio stations in metro Milwaukee playing not just Christmas music, but throwing religious Christmas carols into their playlists, even if they're instrumental. Albeit though, some do sound rather strange--one even sounds like Disco...
Despite this, I'm actually surprised the ACLU cronies here in WI haven't charged these stations with the usual Establishment Clause violations.
I don't defend chr*stmas in an absolute sense (since I believe G-d doesn't approve of it), but this has nothing with the current secularist crusade that seeks to make allies of non-chr*stians. Unfortunately, while this is done for the reason stated above devout chr*stians will take it as confirming that they are the true religion (hence "the only target of the forces of evil") and that's certainly not going to do American Jews any good.
I'm not 100% okay with Orthodox rabbis defending chr*stianity and chr*stmas when they should be making Noachides of chr*stians, but I understand where they're coming from.
Being a Noachide means being "the turd in the punchbowl" of American religion.
I am disturbed by the creeping neglect of a wonderful, inclusive holiday Thanksgiving.
Stores take down the displays from "Halloween" (a revel which should be discontinued) and immediately put up the displays for Christmas, mainly because the only shopping done for Thanksgiving is for food.
Happy Thankgiving and a Merry Christmas amd a Merry Channukah, and a Happy New Year to all. Keep up the good work.
Excellent point. I think Halloween is dumb, and it's extremely irritating that "Christmas," with its attendant political complaining every year, starts in the first week of November. Veterans' Day and Thanksgiving deserve more emphasis, especially since both are about being American, irrespective of one's religion.
This guy is always on the money. If he had a shul near me, I would go.
Well said, Alouette, especially about Halloween being a revel which should be discontinued! Nailed it!
In our area, the Knights of Columbus sponsor such billboards expressing either 'put Christ back into Christmas', or 'Jesus is the Reason for the Season.' Both express the same basic message.
Both messages make me proud to be a member of the KofC.
God bless Rabbi Daniel Lappin...a good man.
Thank you for posting this excellent article.
"I have read stories of the Moslems over in Europe hurting the Jews."
True...
"There is a strong connection between Christians and the Jews, and we must stick together."
Absolutely correct. Pope John Paul reminded us both of our mutual connections. Christians see the Jewish people as our older brothers and sisters....we must stick together definitely.
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