Just wondering here. How many store clerks -- if any -- have wished you a Merry Christmas this year?
leave your comment below.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Happy feelings of winter!
Central Michigan University warned students in 2003 about Christmas, and suggested that students be "sensitive" to others.
"It is inappropirae to decorate things iwth Santa Calus or reindeer or christmas decorations. Good ideas for decorations are snowflackes, snowpeople, poinsettias to give people a feeling of winter."
I just feel so warm? How about you?
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"It is inappropirae to decorate things iwth Santa Calus or reindeer or christmas decorations. Good ideas for decorations are snowflackes, snowpeople, poinsettias to give people a feeling of winter."
I just feel so warm? How about you?
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Ben Stein, a Jew, speaks out for Christmas
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees.
I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu.
If people want a creche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away. I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.
I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat. Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to.
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees.
I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu.
If people want a creche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away. I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.
I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat. Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to.
"There's a big empty spot on the lawn for the atheists"
Larimer County, Colorado, Sheriff Jim Alderhen figured out a way to continue to celebrate Christmas and not hurt anyone's feelings.
For years, the office has hosted a Christmas party at the Sheriff's office. At the party, a nativity scene, a menorah, and a Christmas tree are lit up.
After fielding complaints from the Colorado Coalition of Reason, the Sheriff invited them to the party -- and even offered them a spot for their display.
He left a "big empty spot on the lawn for the atheists."
Good for the Sheriff. That's all we are asking...is for equal footing with secularism.
Read the story here.
For years, the office has hosted a Christmas party at the Sheriff's office. At the party, a nativity scene, a menorah, and a Christmas tree are lit up.
After fielding complaints from the Colorado Coalition of Reason, the Sheriff invited them to the party -- and even offered them a spot for their display.
He left a "big empty spot on the lawn for the atheists."
Good for the Sheriff. That's all we are asking...is for equal footing with secularism.
Read the story here.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
We prefer "Merry Christmas"
Americans by a huge majority prefer "Merry Christmas" to "Happy Holidays" as a greeting.
That's according to Rasmussen Reports, which surveyed 1,000 adults on Nov. 20-21, producing a result with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent with a 95 percent level of confidence.
The national telephone survey revealed 72 percent of adults prefer "Merry Christmas" on signs greeting them with a seasonal message. Only 22 percent wanted "Happy Holidays."
The survey revealed older Americans favor "Merry Christmas" more than younger adults. Married adults like the traditional greeting more than unmarrieds.
Read the story here:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=117536
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That's according to Rasmussen Reports, which surveyed 1,000 adults on Nov. 20-21, producing a result with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent with a 95 percent level of confidence.
The national telephone survey revealed 72 percent of adults prefer "Merry Christmas" on signs greeting them with a seasonal message. Only 22 percent wanted "Happy Holidays."
The survey revealed older Americans favor "Merry Christmas" more than younger adults. Married adults like the traditional greeting more than unmarrieds.
Read the story here:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=117536
Book Review: Secular Sabotage
Book review: Secular Sabotage: How liberals are destroying religion and culture in America, by Bill Donohue.
Bill Donohue is ticked. He’s angry at the loss of culture. He’s angry at the marginalization of religion. He’s angry at the sweeping secularism that seeks to minimize any who dare worship God.
As the President of the Catholic League, Donohue has been at the forefront of the culture wars for two decades. The bare-knuckled fighter hasn’t back down from any of the pressure tactics by gay, abortion or atheistic groups that have attacked traditional American culture for years.
The book, Secular Sabotage, has a Catholic bent to – chronicling the Catholic League’s fights on every front. Its encouraging to know that there are those who are making a reasonable – and feisty – defense of traditional expressions of faith.
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