Merry Christmas from your Jewish friend!

Dec 25, 2002 | TopQuark

[Revolting cat!]

Merry Christmas and Season's Blessing to All!

[I_Love_My_Husband]

From me too! Merry Christmas to all my Christian AND Jewish buddies!

From another member of the Jewish Tribe here :) (married to a Roman Catholic).

ILMH

[LostTribe]

Thank You. Please accept my belated Happy Hanukkah to you and your family.

-LT

[Celtjew Libertarian]

A politically incorrect Merry Christmas from one more politically incorrect Member of the Tribe.

[BrooklynGOP]

Member-of-the-Tribe ditto!!

Ditto! :P

[B4Ranch]

In previous posts I have written "God", "Christ" and "God the Father" numerous times while discussing religion or abortion. JR or none of the Administrators has ever criticized me for this action. Why do you write G-d? Aren't you also helping remove god from our lives? BTW, I've never seen that name in the Bible.

Sincerely, Merry Christmas

[Bommer]

We're all celebrating the birthday of the greatest Jew that ever lived! Merry Christmas to you and your family Top! God bless and keep you!

[Aracelis]

And the warmest of holiday seasons to you and yours! :-)

[Jim Noble]

>>What are we supposed to say when someone sneezes now?<<

Support Hillarycare?

[snippy_about_it]

I'm sure this has been explained many times here on FR. Some people believing the name of our creator to be holy as to not complete it in writing. This was done also in old text when they wrote God's name without any vowels. Perhaps others can explain better than I, but I do know it is out of the highest respect.

[Jim Noble]

Religious Jews do not write the name in full.

It is a sign of respect to He who transcends all.

[dighton]

. . . but I do know it is out of the highest respect.

That's the idea. See tetragrammaton

[AmberWaves]

Thanks for the kind thoughts, and hope your holiday season brought extra love, peace and faith for your family.

God Bless America !!

[AmberWaves]

Oops, Provincial thinking zapped me on last post --

May God Bless ALL persons of Good Will, whoever and wherever they may be.

[B4Ranch]

Thank you for explaining this to me.

[dighton]

You're welcome. A merry Christmas to you and yours.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Noachides don't observe chr*stmas, but I appreciate the thought.

[NYer]

We should put G-d back into the lives of our children and return this country to its Christian roots and Judeo-Christian values.

Thank you, TQ, for your kind and sincere wishes.

" Do not fear, Mary. You have found favor with God.
You shall conceive and bear a son and give him the name Jesus.
Great will be his dignity and he will be called Son of the Most High.
The Lord God will give him the throne of David his father.
He will rule over the house of Jacob forever and his reign will be without end."

When government and society try to remove God from the lives of people, the results can be quite surprising. Here is what generally happens. Enjoy! God Bless!

Yuppies Tired of Relativism Return To God

[dennisw]

Yeah, Merry Christmas to you all and hope you got a few useful gifts (anyone get a new gun?) (maybe some Omaha steaks?) and lotsa Christmas cheer.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Why use G-d?

Its a Jewish concept, to not write or say the name of the almighty. I believe it is related to the concept that the Jewish people did not write or say the name (except for the high priest and then only during the High Holidays. It is a matter of showing great reverence to the Lord.

I saw on a movie (The Body) that this was related to the concept of someone creating a written image which over time may degrade and become improper. So a letter was omitted in the original word, then it would not be degradable later.

It certainly is not for the purpose of leaving the Lord out of the language. Merry Christmas and Shalom.