Take that! Bill O'Reilly!
Many Christian groups and media talking heads have organized boycotts of businesses that say "Happy Holidays" or sell "Holiday Trees" because they are "taking the Christ out of Christmas."
President Bush has always been one to pander to the religious right, but what has outraged many fundamentalist Christians this year was the official White House Christmas Card of 2005 is missing something.....oh yeah, the word "Christmas."
The editor of the conservative Web site, WorldNetDaily.com, Joseph Farah, said that Bush claims to be a born-again, evangelical Christian. But he sure doesn't act like one," adding, "I threw out my White House card as soon as I got it."
Luckily, Mr. Farah himself is such a strong believer in the Bible that when it says in Matthew chapter 7, verse 1, "Judge not, that ye be not judged," he knows that the translators forgot to add "unless you are Joseph Farah" to the end. We'll call that Matthew chapter 7, verse 1-A.
Susan Whitson, Laura Bush's press secretary, said, "Their cards in recent years have included best wishes for a holiday season, rather than Christmas wishes, because they are sent to people of all faiths." Imagine that. Is that "politically correct," or just respectful?
Most major retailers take the same stance as the "compassionate-conservative-born-again-Christian-God-put-me-in-office" President Bush, including such groups as the National Council of Churches.
What is really interesting is how few people know where the Christmas traditions came from. How the traditions were started by Pagans. How most theologians say that there is no way that Jesus was born in December. How most religions celebrated someone's death rather than birth. How many churches encouraged their congregations not to celebrate Christmas because of it being pagan.
Yet, somehow, people want to put the "Christ" back in "Christmas," which will be difficult since he wasn't there to start with.
more info:
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