Rethinking Kwanzaa: Jerry Falwell says America has been duped into accepting illegitimate holiday

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | 12/30/06 | Jerry Falwell

[drhogan]

"Are you implying ALL of the internet, even this forum? Or is this forum in a special protected class secure from any Illuminati?"
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Even my posts are probably being controlled by the Illuminati!

[Solitar]

However, there is no randomness in the date Easter is celebrated.

Why does Eastern Christianity's dates for Easter not agree with Western Christianity's dates. They may be the same or over a month different! In Eastern Christianity, Easter falls between April 4 and May 8 between 1900 and 2100 based on the Gregorian date.

At least Kwanzaa has a set date.

[TaxRelief]

Why not just celebrate it on the real Vernal Equinox?

(Western Roman) Easter is always celebrated on a Sunday.

[Solitar]

(Western Roman) Easter is always celebrated on a Sunday.

So start every New Year on a Sunday on the first day of spring or the vernal equinox. Thirteen months of 4 weeks each plus one oddball day (two in leap years) would make this possible. Then you could put Christmas on a Sunday in midwinter -- and it would ALWAYS be on the same date.

[Non-Sequitur]

That's good advice.

Works for me. If Falwell hadn't cranked out this POS then I wouldn't have been able to tell you when Kwanzaa started if my life depended on it.

[Non-Sequitur]

What country do YOU think this is?

One with the freedom to worship how one wants, celebrate whatever culture one wants, and observe any holiday they want. Silly me.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

The creation of this "holiday" merely illustrates the truth of the statement "three weeks of media treatment and the truth is recognized by all."

[Non-Sequitur]

How can I ignore it when Kwanzaa is celebrated in my children's school, explained on the nightly news, highlighted on commercials, lauded on the airways and tantalized at the store?

I have no idea where you live, but out here in America's heartland, Kansas City, 26th largest television market in the country, I haven't seen one ad in the stores, haven't seen it on the nightly news, haven't heard it on the radio, haven't seen it on TV. I guess we're plumb backwards.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"So, have a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, a kwaazy Kwanza, a tip-top Tet, and a solemn, dignified, Ramadan. And now a word from MY god, our sponsors!" ~ Krusty :)

[Lancey Howard]

The most disgusting part of the whole "Kwanzaa" charade is that Presidents issue annual proclamations about it. "Understandable" political whoring or not, it makes me lose respect.

[HostileTerritory]

The Easter Bunny and St. Rudolph are deeply saddened on behalf of "real" holidays.

[HostileTerritory]

That sounds fantastic! Sign me up.

[SupplySider]

Are you an atheist who believes Western science (hypothesize, test, repeat...) has pretty well explained the universe? A libertarian hedonist who thinks the main moral imperative of man is to manage his sex and drugs well so he won't burn out early or get a disease?

I have no problem with your picking on people's beliefs, but what are your's so we can pick on them too?

[TaxRelief]

Rev. Moon claimed he is the second coming of Christ? Where did you see that? Are you referring to the "coronation" at the Dirksen Building?

[indcons]

Moon has quite the record when it comes to claims of the second coming.

This site "Sun Myung Moon Claims to be the Messiah" has some well-documented Moonie claims.

There's more info here: Here you are invited to discover why Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon was chosen by God and called by Jesus Christ to fulfill the mission of the Messiah, Savior and Lord of the Second Advent with the responsibility to establish the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.

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[jordan8]

The origins of this holiday aren't important, the phoniness of this holiday isn't important, what is important is how it has been embraced by the establishment and what that says about them and the system. These people aren't children, they understand the nature of this thing, they indulge it because the benefits outweigh any costs to them. Misunderstanding has nothing to do with it.

[Lowcountry]

Christmas is an illegitimate holiday.... For that matter, for similar reasons, Easter is just as illegitimate.

Not so fast my friend. The life and death of Christ is of little dispute. Just because the dates may be incorrect does not deligitimize their occurance. On the other hand (and back on the subject), Kwanzaa is totally made up from whole cloth to celebrate a culture and philosophy that never knew each other. Debate that.

[Republican Wildcat]

I don't think most of America even knows about, let alone celebrates, this "holiday."

[Solitar]

"I have no problem with your picking on people's beliefs, but what are your's so we can pick on them too?"

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