Catholic Ping - Please freepmail me if you want on/off this list
Posted on 11/03/2005 3:33:30 PM PST by rhema
>>As last year, whenever I am out, and someone says "Happy Holidays" to me, I will say back to them "and a Merry Christmas to you!!" with a big smile of course!<<
Me too!
Excellent and spot-on.
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Excellent analysis. I think I saw an article headline on FR last night that said that hundreds of lawyers are on hand to combat the ACLU this Christmas.
Hope so. About darned time...
Something of interest for all Christians! And thanks from this Virginia Catholic to the Orthodox Jews and traditional-values Jews for standing against the rad-lib-ACLU and similar spoiled sports!
Good .. I am so sick of the ACLU
Catholic Ping - Please freepmail me if you want on/off this list
On the issue of chr*stmas itself, I'm conflicted. I believe it is wrong because only Jewish holidays are to be observed in some manner by all mankind and other holidays (other than legitimate national celebrations like july 4) are unauthorized by G-d and thus should not be observed. And there are Orthodox Jews who are conducting a campaign--strictly by persuasion--to get non-Jews to stop celebrating chr*stmas on the grounds that it is displeasing to G-d. However, this is one hundred and eighty degrees removed from a campaign against chr*stmas based on secularism or (even more sinister) multiculturalism, which holds chr*stmas is "wrong" not because it is displeasing to G-d but because it is a holiday of the "host" population and thus offensive to "the other." This whole xenolatry kick is really getting to me.
I hope I have been able to express my true beliefs on this issue without offending anyone, but if I have, I must remain true to the Word of G-d as I understand it.
Of course not. Moslems are "the other," and they must be celebrated. It is only "us," "we," "the abstract host population" that must suppress its manifestations.
I can't help but marvel that Black chr*stians are AWOL on this issue just as they are with creation/evolution and any number of social issues. John Brown would be very disappointed if he were around today (though being a Puritan, he probably didn't observe chr*stmas).
I'm a religious minority and I'm offended--offended, I say--by public celebrations of valentine's day, St. Patrick's Day, and halloween. I demand that these all be defunded and restricted to the bedroom where shameful conduct rightfully belongs (and which has been sort of boring since sex went public).
Think the ACLU will represent me?
LOL. It's gotten quite ridiculous, hasn't it?
Any store that advertises Christmas as 'Winter Holiday' or the like will not get my business.
The thing to realize is that the cultural war being waged against the Jewish and Christian majority is subtle, it's insidious, and makes use of psychology in order to achieve it's aims.
If I can persuade you of nothing else here, I hope to persuade you that Words Have Power and are used as tools against you. It's a form of Orwellian newspeak, but unfortunately is not usually identified as such.
To cite an example, think about the language that has been used against the gun rights movement. Try the term: "rifle" as opposed to "assault weapon." Both terms describe essentially the same tool. The term rifle is fairly innocuous and emotionally neutral. But the term "assault weapon" implies something used for assault(a crime) and by using the word weapon, also implies that the article is a tool used for offensive as opposed to defensive purposes. Or to put meat on the table.
The latest assault on Christian and Jewish holidays is merely the logical extension of what's already been happening for a few decades now. That's why I find it important to reclaim the language. In most instances, there's no reason to be rude in doing so, except perhaps when dealing with the apparatchiks who are trying to implement the strategy.
So when someone wishes me "happy holidays", I turn to them smile and wish them a Merry Christmas. Unless I know that they're Jewish, in which case it's a Happy Chanukah. Also, you should never purchase cards or gift wrap that says Happy Holidays.
Ultimately, it's all about changing behavior. And remember that what's good for the goose is sauce for the gander.
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>>As last year, whenever I am out, and someone says "Happy Holidays" to me, I will say back to them "and a Merry Christmas to you!!" with a big smile of course!<<
I try to say something like "I pray you have a very blessed Christmas"
But we must respect Islam! < /sarcasm >
Merry Christmas to all!!!
And if you really want to tee them off "And may God bless you with a very Merry Christmas"
(Not that I'd do something just to tee someone off. ;^) )
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