Dag gone it! I let the PC bull git the best of me. My fault.
:-)
Merry CHRISTmas!!
Posted on 12/24/2007 6:16:40 PM PST by WesternCulture
In the Christmas tradition that it is better to give than to receive I gave my relatives death threats if I don't get some really good stuff this year.
It never works.
There is, I believe, a religious holiday somewhere between the tinsel and presents and the roast turkey. I love my secular friends (and family) dearly and Christmas is, in its current inception, a marvelous, sentimental secular holiday. And for some of them it's the only time of year when they creep guiltily through the doors of a church. Most avoid even that.
Because they're afraid. Underneath the sneering contempt with which religion is met in the secular world is a deep dread that it might just be true, and what then? What, indeed?
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
It isn't fuzzy and warm and nicey-nice, it's frightening, and it could hardly be otherwise. As Lewis remarked, that manger held something bigger than all the world. Forgive them their contempt, because it is fear.
Merry Christmas to you too!
As an American who spent 10 years in Europe, I do appreciate the wonderful people there who feel as we Freepers do, and I know there are flaws on both sides of the Atlantic too. There is so much I have learned from wise people in both Europe and America. Different outlooks on life, and both valid. I would be a different person today had I not spent much of my adult life on the Continent. G-d bless!
Merry Christmas from Holland, Europe to everyone reading this :)
God Jul!
I always appreciate your thoughts here on FR, and we are all fortunate that you share your wisdom with us from across the seas. One of the joys of the worldwideweb..... Best Wishes for a Happy 2008!
Enchanté
Froliche Weinachten meine deutsche Freunde!
(Sorry, I don’t have an umlaut option on my keyboard for the “o” in Froliche.)
Froliche Weinachten meine deutsche Freunde!
(Sorry, I don’t have an umlaut option on my keyboard for the “o” in Froliche.)
“I always knew that the unhealthy German attitude toward their own country would express itself in unhealthy ways. German self-loathing would flip into an over-bearing nationalism....”
That is EXACTLY the mindset that gave rise to Hitler and Nazism. After WWI and the Versailles Treaty that emasculated Germany the German people were full of self-doubt, self-loathing, fear, and uncertainty. Hitler played on that.
Joyous Christmas Greetings from the hills of northern New Jersey.
Your thoughts on work, and that we derive pleasure from our labors, were right on the money!
I look forward to venturing out each and every day to a different location from Maine to Virginia to practice my craft. I enjoy meeting and working with my industrial clients.
My career is a second choice, but few are as fortunate as I to have had that choice.
God Bless you and yours!
Dag gone it! I let the PC bull git the best of me. My fault.
:-)
Merry CHRISTmas!!
Merry Christmas from Texas!
The Lefties/Elitists/MSM have been suppressing any expression of German patriotism since WWII and especially, since 1968. During the World Cup in Germany in 2006, where Germany ended up in third place, the scenes of people waving the German flag, wearing clothes with the colors of the flag and putting on patriotic makeup was see with wonder, bewilderment and concern. Would the flag-wavers make immigrants feel excluded? Was this a sign of resurgent German nationalism? Etc, etc, etc, when all it was, was a healthy expression in pride for how well the German national team was playing. They exceeded expectations and people were happy and had a fantastic time during the World Cup. I believe a documentary on the World Cup was the biggest selling documentary in German history.
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