For instance, here's one by Albrecht Durer:
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"?
LOL! In Catholic school we were told that are Christian’s. Did somebody change something and forget to tell us?:)
Ummm, what’s wrong with babay Jesus and Mary for Christmas? I don’t understand.
For instance, here's one by Albrecht Durer:
I believe you could stand to lower your caffeine intake...
You know, they don’t look very Jewish? European painters always depicted the Christ Child and his followers and family as white when they were in the Middle East.
You don’t like a stamp that portrays baby Jesus and is symbolic of his birth? Weird.
While I do disagree with them, many evangelicals do not consider Catholics, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, etc. to be Christians.
Why not?
Oh well, at least Jesus loved His Mother.
It also looks like a thirty-nine cent stamp. When are we supposed to use this?
Re your post # 11 - that Mencken quote would make a great tag line . . . .
No, actually Jesus was a wholly Innocent person who was falsely accused and was sentenced to die as a criminal, but He Himself committed no crime.
What? Christians don’t revere the Virgin Mary?
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.
>>>And I’m not sure I feel the need to be validated by an organization that honors Kwanzaa and Eid.
Mega dittos.
He was a convicted criminal sentenced to the death penalty. Whether he was fairly convicted or not is a different matter.
Ummm, you are obviously being sarcastic because the stamp that I see has a picture of Jesus and Mary. I THINK that is what Christmas is all about. Right? The birth of Jesus?
Not to pick nits, but a stamp aimed at islam is hardly a Christmas stamp.
"I commend the Postal Service for its political correctness."
Why commend it for political correctness? PC is killing this country ... rapidly.
Has our country moved so far away from its Christian foundation that we must now ask "where is our representation"?
The country has not, meaning we the people, but those in charge of putting things out in public (the media, marketing guys, government) are so afraid to offend someone that they stay away from anything considered Christian. That is the political correctness that you seem to think is a good thing.
So I guess we’ve got 2 more months of some Freepers finding silly things to feel slighted about concerning Christmas.
Me, I’m going to count REAL carols versus secular holiday songs on the local radio station to make sure they play enough carols.
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