Posted on 12/06/2006 12:41:42 AM PST by goldstategop
I never thought I'd live to see the day that Christmas would become a dirty word. You think it hasn't? Then why is it that people are being prevented from saying it in polite society for fear that it will offend? Schools are being forced to replace "Christmas vacation" with "winter break" in their printed schedules. At some major retail chains, the word is verboten, replaced as a matter of policy by the generic Happy Holidays. Carols, even instrumental versions, are banned in certain locales. A major postal delivery service has not only made their drivers doff their Santa caps, but ordered them not to decorate their trucks with Christmas wreaths.
How is it, one well might ask, that in a Christian nation this is happening? And in case you find that designation objectionable, would you deny that India is a Hindu country, that Turkey is Muslim, that Poland is Catholic? That doesn't mean those nations are theocracies. But when the overwhelming majority of a country's population is of one religion, and most Americans happen to be one sort of Christian or another, only a darn fool would deny the obvious.
Although it seems a long time ago, it really wasn't, that people who came here from other places made every attempt to fit in. Assimilation wasn't a threat to anyone; it was what the Statue of Liberty represented. E pluribus unum, one out of many, was our motto. The world's melting pot was our nickname. It didn't mean that any group of people had to check their customs, culture or cuisine, at the door. It did mean that they, and especially their children, learned English, and that they learned to live and let live.
That has changed, as you may have noticed. And I blame my fellow Jews. When it comes to pushing the multicultural, anti-Christian, agenda, you find Jewish judges, Jewish journalists and the ACLU at the forefront.
Being Jewish, I should report, Christmas was never celebrated by my family. But what was there not to like about the holiday? To begin with, it provided a welcome two-week break from school. The decorated trees were nice, the lights were beautiful, "It's a Wonderful Life" was a great movie, and some of the best Christmas songs were even written by Jews.
But the dirty little secret in America is that, in spite of the occasional over-publicized rants by the likes of Mel Gibson and Michael Richards, anti-Semitism is no longer a problem in society; it's been replaced by a rampant anti-Christianity. For example, much of the hatred spewed toward George W. Bush has far less to do with his policies than it does with his religion. The Jews voice no concern when a Bill Clinton or a John Kerry makes a big production out of showing up at black Baptist churches or posing with Rev. Jesse Jackson because they understand that's just politics. They only object to politicians attending church for religious reasons.
My fellow Jews, who often have the survival of Israel heading the list of their concerns when it comes to electing a president, only gave 26 percent of their vote to Bush, even though he is clearly one of the most pro-Israel presidents we've ever had in the Oval Office. Unlike Clinton, who had Yasser Arafat sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom so often even Monica Lewinsky got jealous, Bush saw to it that the Palestinian butcher was persona non grata at the White House.
It is the ACLU, which is overwhelmingly Jewish in terms of membership and funding, that is leading the attack against Christianity in America. It is they who have conned far too many people into believing that the phrase "separation of church and state" actually exists somewhere in the Constitution.
You may have noticed, though, that the ACLU is highly selective when it comes to religious intolerance. The same group of self-righteous shysters who at the drop of a "Merry Christmas" will slap you with an injunction will fight for the right of an American Indian to ingest peyote and a devout Islamic woman to be veiled on her driver's license.
I happen to despise bullies and bigots. I hate them when they represent the majority, but no less when, like Jews in America, they represent an infinitesimal minority.
I am getting the idea that too many Jews won't be happy until they pull off their own version of the Spanish Inquisition, forcing Christians to either deny their faith and convert to agnosticism or suffer the consequences.
I should point out that many of these people abhor Judaism every bit as much as they do Christianity. They're the ones who behave as if atheism were a calling. They're the nutcakes who go berserk if anyone even says, "In God we trust" or mentions that the Declaration of Independence refers to a Creator with a capital "C." By this time, I'm only surprised that they haven't begun a campaign to do away with Sunday as a day of rest. After all, it's only for religious reasons – Christian reasons – that Sunday, and not Tuesday or Wednesday, is so designated.
This is a Christian nation, my friends. And all of us are fortunate it is one, and that so many millions of Americans have seen fit to live up to the highest precepts of their religion. It should never be forgotten that, in the main, it was Christian soldiers who fought and died to defeat Nazi Germany and who liberated the concentration camps. Speaking as a member of a minority group – and one of the smaller ones at that – I say it behooves those of us who don't accept Jesus Christ as our savior to show some gratitude to those who do, and to start respecting the values and traditions of the overwhelming majority of our fellow citizens, just as we keep insisting that they respect ours.
Merry Christmas, my friends.
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George Soros helped nazis confiscate Jewish property during WW2
Me too. Which may explain why I find the "Say Christmas or Else!" crowd rather repugnant.
Alouette, if you know anything about the Holocaust, you know better than to post that in the spirit you intended.
Enslaved Jews also helped Nazis build defensive works, burn Jewish corpses in the ovens, and remove gold fillings from Jewish teeth. Maybe you'd have refused on principle and taken the bullet to the head instead, but I can't say I've been in that place and that (much less as a 14-year-old) I would have taken a principled stand and sacrificed myself rather than be a slave for the Germans to save my life.
Soros did not kill Jews or turn them into the Nazis. He didn't put together deportation lists, nor did he profit from the property that was stolen. You should be ashamed, honestly.
No, Soros should be ashamed.
I would be VERY pleased if there was a concerted effort to promote and make public the full story of the Maccabees rebellion against Antiochis Epiphanies IV and Mattiyahu ,his son Judah and his brothers, in 165BCE. The Syrian Greeks by virtue of acting like Syrians *always* do, needed an ass whuppin' and got one in a major style, that set in motion the first guerrilla war wherein a small dedicated force using hit and run tactics defeated a disciplined greater force. Chanukah is not a religious holiday but the commemoration of resistance to an oppressive political regime, and it's removal as a political force governing Judea/Samaria.
(Please note that at the timeof this occurance, the Capital of the nation was Jerusalem.) It still is.
To one and all: Chag Semayach! Chag Chanukah!!!
(Happy Holiday!, Happy Chanukah!!!)
I would not consider it a Jewish organization - and the Rev. Barry Lynn from some separation of church and state organization is an ordained minister of who knows what church. (United Church of Christ ?????)
You have hit it. The Jews who hate Christians are Jews in name only. They are what the Bible calls the "synogogue of Satan."
The true House of David is my brother and my sister. Jews and Christians are the light of the world.
Yes, you are absolutely correct. I cringe when I hear leftists attack Christianity because I know they are attacking Judaism also.
Soros is a self-hating creep who wants to destroy Israel, Jews, Judaism and yes, devout Christians also. He despises the USA. He can enjoy dinner parties with Arianna Huffington and Gwenneth Paltrow.
Something a lot of people probably aren't aware of is that most secular, leftist Jews despise the Orthodox Jewish community just as much, if not more than they do the conservative Christian community.
For the ACLU types, international socialism is their true religion today.
I don't either, I was being sarcastic. The organization was formed because Lear, as I noted a nominal Republican at the time, couldn't muster enough support from the Jewish community.
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