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2007 Christmas Stamps (Vanity)
http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2007stamps/downloadcenter.htm</em: ^ | 10-25-2007 | None

Posted on 10/25/2007 11:48:44 AM PDT by lilylangtree

The Postal Service announced the new 2007 Christmas stamp "The Madonna of the Carnation" for Catholics. Also, the USPS came out with the Christmas stamps commemorating the Muslim holiday of EID (Sep 28). Plus, USPS will release stamps recognizing Kwanzaa and Hanukkah (Oct 26). And for those in the "none of the above" category, the Holiday Knits stamps series will be available as of today.

I commend the Postal Service for its political correctness. However, as a Christian that believes in Jesus Christ, where is the Christmas stamp to represent the Christian belief?

Has our country moved so far away from its Christian foundation that we must now ask "where is our representation"?


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To: Portnoy
It pretty much ended the relationship right then and there.

That would put a damper on the pillow talk, wouldn't it?

141 posted on 10/25/2007 12:47:25 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: ladtx

This is the old one, isn’t it? As long as the new one still have St. Mary and Baby Jesus...


142 posted on 10/25/2007 12:48:02 PM PDT by paudio
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To: Non-Sequitur

Unless you’re a nihilist. “Let’s go to hell, baby!”


143 posted on 10/25/2007 12:48:31 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: Westlander
There was NO excuse to ever post a picture like that.

Please start a self-imposed pic posting ban of 3 months. : )

144 posted on 10/25/2007 12:48:40 PM PDT by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: mngran2
Is that really the picture going on the stamp?

Different artist. See post #40.

145 posted on 10/25/2007 12:48:40 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
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To: Frank Sheed

Not quite what I saw in my head I am thinking more a silk screen with a large Jesus ( red in print) and in the background all the names listed ( in gold) in smaller print.


146 posted on 10/25/2007 12:49:05 PM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: lilylangtree
So, I take it, you Catholic haters would rather see Jesus and Mary Chain on a stamp?


147 posted on 10/25/2007 12:50:14 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine
I would like to see a JESUS stamp....maybe with all of His name (Prince of peace, everlasting, the Lion of Judah etc) That would be cool and very representative of Christian faith.

See that little baby in the bottom left hand corner? That Him.

148 posted on 10/25/2007 12:50:20 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Bluegrass Conservative
Right... I got it. You see the Virgin Mary as a very devout person. Special, even...

However, that wasn't the point of your post, was it? You said: "She was the mother of our Lord . . . but that is all she is seen as. No different from other true believers in the Bible.". I'm simply trying to get you to acknowledge that you are wrong... the early Church saw Mary as many things... not the least of which is the Ark of the New Covenant. As such, it is entirely appropriate that Jesus would be seated in her arms, just as the Lord was present over the propitiatory of the old Ark when making his prescriptions to Israel.

What you see in this art isn't simply an acknowledgement that Mary had to be there as a birth mother or as a likely one to hold Jesus up at such a tender age. What you see is a visual representation of a deep theology... that few remember.

149 posted on 10/25/2007 12:50:35 PM PDT by pgyanke (Duncan Hunter 08--You want to elect a conservative? Then support a conservative!)
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To: Non-Sequitur
I doubt Jesus was a fat little European baby.
150 posted on 10/25/2007 12:52:13 PM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine

If you come up with a design, Cafe Press will market whatever you want. Just takes a PDF or high quality image file (like a PNG) uploaded to their site.

My “Jesus is the Reason for Season” sweatshirt came from there. I wear it all over during the holidays.

F


151 posted on 10/25/2007 12:52:53 PM PDT by Frank Sheed (Fr. V. R. Capodanno, Lt, USN, Catholic Chaplain. 3rd/5th, 1st Marine Div., FMF. MOH, posthumously.)
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To: Revolting cat!
So, I take it, you Catholic haters would rather see Jesus and Mary Chain on a stamp?

Wow! A Jesus and Mary Chain reference? And, oddly enough, appropriate to a FR discussion? I'm impressed!

Let's not forget Jesus Lizard too though!


152 posted on 10/25/2007 12:53:15 PM PDT by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine
I doubt Jesus was a fat little European baby.

I'm sure that they could have substituted an emaciated Mid-Eastern baby but that would put a damper on the whole Christmas spirit thing.

153 posted on 10/25/2007 12:55:34 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

While I’m stirring up ‘stuff’ I may as well repost this:

Which brings me to one of my hobby horses:

We already agree that our calendar is wrong, off by anywhere from 2 to 16 years, depending on who’s doing the reckoning, and further in error because of the absence of a year zero.

The more fundamental point is that God did not intend us to mark His years by the birth of Jesus.

If He had intended this we would have a Biblical fixing of the date.

Further, the day of Jesus’ birth is unremarkable as all men are born.

However, very few return from the dead, that event is remarkable, and it is the defining moment of Christianity, the very moment of proof that his sacrifice was not in vain. And the Bible gives a precise reference for when this happened!

Clearly this was the date the calender was supposed to start!

For extra points, this makes our calender off by anywhere from 17 to 30 years. That makes this something like Holy Year 1990 to Holy Year 1977, giving us anywhere from 10 to 23 years to get our affairs in order before the real end of the millennium...


154 posted on 10/25/2007 12:56:12 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
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To: lilylangtree

The article should read “as a Christian who...”, not “as a Christian that...”

Who is for people; that is for things.

Last I checked, Roman Catholics were Christians, as are Coptic Christians, Orthodox Christians, Protestants, and (so they say) even Mormons.


155 posted on 10/25/2007 12:56:23 PM PDT by docbnj
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

156 posted on 10/25/2007 12:56:51 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
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To: KarlInOhio
Is that snowman ....(gasp) smoking? Recall the stamps! Recall the stamps!

It's OK, it's just dope...

157 posted on 10/25/2007 12:58:08 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
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To: ladtx

Do your letters keep coming back?

(They’re 41 cents now.)


158 posted on 10/25/2007 12:59:09 PM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: KarlInOhio
It also looks like a thirty-nine cent stamp. When are we supposed to use this?

The USPS site has the new and improved 41 cent version. That way baby Jesus doesn't have to reach out towards some two cent Navajo Jewelry.

OMGosh!! I haven't laughed so hard for ages. Thanks LOLOLOL!

159 posted on 10/25/2007 12:59:46 PM PDT by arbee4bush (Our Airman Daughter KB4W--Hero, Patriot and the Love of her mom & dads life! GO FDT!)
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To: null and void

Oh no... you’re saying it’s still the ‘70’s?!?!


160 posted on 10/25/2007 1:00:35 PM PDT by pgyanke (Duncan Hunter 08--You want to elect a conservative? Then support a conservative!)
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