Black Friday and the American Godless Holiday Season

The Ignorant Fishermen Blog ^ | 11/28/25

[The Ignorant Fisherman]

Well, here we go kid-do’s… After the majority of Americans concluded THEIR “godless” Thanksgiving without Almighty God and ALL the realities of Who He is, which is dictated by His HOLY WORD it is “Black Friday”. America’s Thanksgiving and Holiday season now consists of thanking THEIR god’s of self narcissism, human efforts and personal ambitions, while of course eating, drinking and watching football. My friends don’t get me wrong… there is absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying a fine diner with your loved ones, eating good food, stuffing yourself, watching football, exchanging gifts, rejoicing over the work of you hands and even trying to save a few bucks on material things when its done with thanksgiving to Almighty God (1 Cor. 10:31), but the whole mood now in this country at this time of the year is to serve self and in some places it is very subtle and hard to see.

We as a nation have rejected Almighty God’s SAVING message to us and to the world that Almighty God sent His Son to deliver us from our sins.

Godless living affects the majority of Americans today. We as a nation have rejected Almighty God’s SAVING message to us and to the world that Almighty God sent His Son to deliver us from our sins (John 3:16-17).

This “Christmas” message is now drowned out by worldly self interest and personal materialism. Indeed, Satan has won a great victory in replacing the realities of one’s ETERNAL needs for temporal and fading wants (1 John 2:15-17). Whether one is a conservative, moderate, liberal or a progressive commie or whether one is of the lazy poor, the true poor, the middle class, the rich or the filthy rich, the bottom line and common denominator is self generated interest which excludes our Creator and our true ETERNAL needs (Matt. 15:7-9, Rom.1:18-32, 2 Tim 3:2).

Anyone who lives their existence here in time that EXCLUDES Almighty God our Creator, His saving grace and Savior, His Word and sound biblical doctrine is one of utter futility, vanity and is self centered.

What do I mean by serving self? I am sure for many reading this assessment might think I have gone way over the top on this. Well hear me out… The “bottom line” of what I am trying to state is that ANY life (i.e., one’s brief existence here in time), whether conservative, moderate, liberal or a progressive commie, whether one is of the lazy poor, the true poor, the middle class, the rich or the filthy rich that lives out their existence here in time that EXCLUDES Almighty God our Creator, His saving grace and Savior, His Word and sound biblical doctrine is one of utter futility, vanity and is self centered (Eccl., Mark 24:35-39, Rom. 1:20-22). It is the wide road which leads to damnation and ETERNAL ruin and it is named the “do as thou wilt” highway (Matt. 7:13-14, Rev. 20:11-15). This road ends with its travelers doing a Thelma and Louise into ETERNAL damnation and ruin. It would be an awesome thing to interview many of life’s travelers who have taken this narcissistic highway to ruin. I am sure that they would testify in the end that their brief godless existence was NOT worth the ETERNAL consequences (Luke 16:19-31, John 3:16-17, Rev. 20:11-15).

This road ends with its travelers doing a Thelma and Louise into ETERNAL damnation and ruin!

Nothing in this brief fallen world can EVER fill the ETERNAL void of humanity for we were designed to house our ETERNAL Creator (Eccl. 3:11, Rom. 11:33). Go ahead my friend, STUFF IT with all your heart desires (virtuous or vice); Sex, drugs, wine, women, song, IPods, flat screens, new cars, houses, lands and gold, purpose, adventure, glory, whatever; indulge my friend until you possess the WHOLE ENTIRE world (Matt.16:26)! It will NEVER satisfy and in the end you will be as Solomon of old and profess that "ALL is vanity" (Eccl.1:1-5)! You will end up as the rich fool who was building barns only to lose it all in the end (Luke 12:15-23).

"Jesus stated, I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10).

God’s Word states; "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him" (1 Cor. 2:9).

It is your Creator that loves you with an EVERLASTING love and has ONLY glorious things for you FOREVERMORE (1 Cor. 2:9, Rev. 21, 22:1-5). That is why you were created. To know God and to enjoy Him FOREVER! Oh the FOOL who would rather seek vain temporal worldly glory and earthly possessions in a narcissistic delusional reality (Luke 12:20, James 4:14, 5:1-5, Rev. 20:11-15).

As we head into another narcissistic godless Christ rejecting “holiday season” may you be sure that you personally know the very One who left Heaven’s glory and put on humanity so He might die on the cross to pay for the sins of the world (John 1:14, 3:16-17, Phil.2:5-10, Heb.10:4-14). That is what our existence (born - die) here is all about!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Your family did not invite you to join them did they.

I am sorry.

[FlingWingFlyer]

They’re saying this is going to be a “record breaking” year. What happened to Trump’s “lousy” economy? You can bet those 42 million starving Shutdown “SNAPPERS” were standing outside in lines this morning.

[cuban leaf]

One thing that ended fairly quickly when my divorce happened back in 1997 was I stopped celebrating the holidays. I never really wanted to anyway. I told my children, from the time they could understand, that Santa is a myth. I didn’t want them seeing their dad as someone that would lie to them.

I don’t celebrate birthdays either. I treat every day the same.

However, my wife* comes from a tradition of big Christmas celebration so I “enable” her. I’m getting the Christmas decorations out of the shop today. 😁

I met my wife while my divorce was pending and a couple months after it was final, we were married in Summer of 1998. These have been the best 27 years of my life!

[Jamestown1630]

'...in some places it is very subtle and hard to see.'

But even though we can't see it, it's there, so we must asssume that 'the majority' of people are godless, materialistic jerks who aren't as holy as you are.

Got it. But I'd prefer spending Thanksgiving with the NON-holier-than-thous and 'Debbie Downers'.

[stanne]

I do foresee bad things as a result of everyone putting Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving

It is bad. It’s new. And it is not a good thing.

[dfwgator]

Where I live we have a bunch of Dot Indians, who celebrate Diwali in October and put up the lights, and they just keep them up throughout the Christmas season.

[DownInFlames]

As soon as Santa went by on the Macys parade, my wife took down thanksgiving decos and put up Christmas decos.

[Jamestown1630]

What’s ‘bad’ about it?

[stanne]

Why are they doing it?

[Jamestown1630]

I think in a lot of cases it’s because they enjoy the lights feel that Thanksgiving heralds the beginning of the Christmas and Holiday Season, and want them up a long time. For others, it’s just convenient, maybe they’re going away for Thanksgiving and want them done.

My husband usually puts them up on Black Friday, but lately he and some others in my community do it the weekend before.

I really don’t think it’s any kind of moral or anti-religious issue.

[ronniesgal]

sheesh relax.

[Jamestown1630]

I’ve always suspected that the ‘Fisherman’ is an AI trained on stereotypical material.

[ronniesgal]

the Ouija board told them to?

[Flaming Conservative]

Call me grinch, but Christmas is about my least favorite time of the year. I have no fond memories of Christmas. To me, Christmas is an exercise in commercialism and stress. Christmas should be about one thing -— the birth of our precious Savior. And THAT, I can celebrate every day of the year.

[Sirius Lee]

Did you celebrate Michaelmas?

[toddausauras]

Most signs of Christ have been replaced by the idiotic black Friday garbage. Including the word Christ itself. So what’s the point? Just buying junk for people who are too picky and spoiled to appreciate it? Another piece of crap driven by women.

[Jamestown1630]

You seem like a lovely, engaging person... I bet the ladies are just falling over each other for your attention.

[stanne]

“ the Ouija board told them to?”

That’s a bitchy answer. Not a logical argument

Try something else

[Ezekiel]

the whole mood now in this country at this time of the year is to serve self and in some places it is very subtle and hard to see.

We as a nation have rejected Almighty God’s SAVING message to us and to the world that Almighty God sent His Son to deliver us from our sins.

Godless living affects the majority of Americans today.

Satan -- the world's first prosecuting attorney. Wherever there's a sin, he and his minions are all over it like white on rice.

Too many lawyers!

God’s Word states; "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him" (1 Cor. 2:9).