Posted on 11/28/2007 5:07:39 PM PST by SueRae
“Showing the fundies who’s boss” is the name of this tune.
It’s the same reason states spend billions to erect embryonic stem cell laboratories, which are nothing but temples of Showing The Fundies Who’s Boss.
I must respectfully disagree. They must be fought. Also, they should be labeled appropriately: anti-Christian.
Nah, Congress doesn't have the power to declare national holidays, secular or otherwise.
I’ve looked around and I see sources that say Congress did it and Grant signed it, and others that say Grant did it. Either way, it was done in 1870 and was done to honor philosophy.
Thanks, that gave me a laugh.
Fight fire, with fire...
How about we start infringing on earth day? Two can play at this game...
Or like religion. What if pastors and such, started joining NAMBLA and gay lesbian organizations, etc?
Atheists seem to need the same acceptance and recognition that homosexuals do.
Ignoring them was my first reaction as well, but I have been living in the south recently and I have receive a new perspective on tolerance by ignoring the trouble makers. (new to me at least.)
This ‘Knowledge Tree’ is the camel’s nose. This is the test balloon to see if they can get away with it. After this is accepted, what is to stop them from insisting on displaying something offensive as their display?
To illustrate this, lets say we have a secular holiday like Martin Luther King day. And we have lots of people that celebrate this day and are really into it. (this is just a parallel, not my political view) And lets say there are a group of people that think Mr. King as a big phony. (again this is just an illustration) So these people want to have their own parade and displays of like, in stead of a tree, they want a displayed lynch scene in the genre of a nativity. Wouldn’t having such a display next to the MLK display be so offensive that it would by its nature destroy the message?
If we just shrug and say, ‘it’s a free country’ what happens next year when the ‘tree of knowledge’ becomes something to drive people away from all of the displays?
If you don’t believe in or celebrate the holiday, that is ok, because it is a ‘free country’ and no one is forcing you to celebrate. But we don’t have to tolerate rudeness.
(By the way, I thought we already had a non-religious symbol on the square. He is dressed in a red suit and rides a sleigh.)
I used to see this all the time -
if you’re a “free thinker”, you think the exact same thoughts as every other “free thinking” leftist.
But, if you think differently, someone must have brainwashed you, like Limbaugh or Hannity.
They’re like rebellious teenagers -
they secretly seek approval, but openly mock.
FESTIVUS for the REST OF US!
to quote a famous Pastor: To say “there is no God” is pretty stupid. To say, “ I don’t believe there is a God”, at least shows you are a thinker.
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