OK, let me make it as clear as I am able right up front! I am not interested in “multiculturalism” and I am even less interested in “inclusivity”. I am an Isolationist at heart, but a realist… out of practicality.
Having cleared the air, I can get on with this post.
It is time for America to celebrate Christmas. For those of the Christian community it is a grand time of celebrating the birth of the Savior, Jesus Christ from whose name the word Christmas, or “Christ Mass”, is derived. I am of this community.
I care nothing for your celebration of anything else. I care that you have the right to celebrate Hanukkah, or that newly invented secular holiday for Afro-centric African Americans, Kwanzaa. You are guaranteed that right by the Constitution, which was, itself, guaranteed by Christians.
I know, I know! I can see the “comments box” filling up even as I write this. That’s OK. Just keep it clean.
In the year 2005 one would have to be a disconnected, isolated, idiot to believe that Christmas is not under attack in the western world, especially in the United States.
If you read my Thanksgiving post you already know that I believe that Christians founded America as a Christian country. As a Christian country we are tolerant of other religions. That does not mean that individual American citizens must approve of any particular religion or practice thereof. In a Christian country a citizen is not compelled to be a Christian or a subscriber to any religion, for that matter. That right was guaranteed all Americans in that aforementioned Constitution. And that, Dear Reader, is where we mis-stepped. That “right” we celebrate, and hold so dear, has come back to bite us on our collective “Christian butts”.
Any antagonist, worth his salt, uses his opponent’s weakness against him. The opponents of Christianity, no slackers they, have learned to use our weakness of tolerance for other religions, or no religion, against the Christians of America.
Christian symbols are being relegated to the closets, and basements, of public buildings not to be displayed on the walls of, or grounds of, such public buildings as, for instance, Courthouses.
Put up a Crèche Scene, in honor of Christmas, in the town square, and you’d better have a Menorah, a Christmas Tree, A Santa Claus, a Kwanzaa something or other, and on and on. The idea is simply to dilute Christmas in a mass of other religious, and secular, celebrations and lessen its influence on the average American. The more timid among us are even afraid to utter that time honored “Merry Christmas”.
No more Christmas break for our public schools. It’s now the “Winter Break”. A phrase reminiscent of the pagans of Western Europe. Gone is the Christmas Tree in many of those same schools.
Now, I could go on, and on, citing example after example of the battles being waged all across America against Christmas and, collectively, Christians.
Currently we are in a worldwide war with Islam. Oh, you may argue, we are at war with only the fundamentalist Islamic! I beg to differ. This is a war between Islam and Christianity. The Muslims know this. Only those of us of the Western Christian countries have deluded ourselves into believing we are in a war with some splinter group of Islam. Hopefully we will awaken to this fact before it is to late to recover from our mistake and take the battle, for our very existence, to the enemies of Christianity.
Meanwhile, back here in America, we have our hands full dealing with our own internal enemies. The War on Christmas is just a symptom of the greater war on Christianity. Until we recognize that fact, and begin to fight back, we will continue to lose our Christian symbols, our Christian holidays, and eventually our practice of the Christian faith.
In the meantime, allow me to be among the first to wish you, and your family, a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Longstreet
3 comments:
Merry Christmas to you sir.
Now you should have known that you would inspire somone like me (an open minded truth seeking Christian) to comment on this one. First of all the Christians attacked the pegans by celebrating Christmas around the same thime as the winter solstice and by decorating Ever-green trees (A pagan symbol of eternal life or something) for their holiday. They actually timed it also with Hanukah keeping dates relativley close so as too not confuse new converts. Also if you note the placing of all souls day (1 day after Halloween Another pagan holiday) it seems we may have attacked other religions first. (Actually Kawanza has been in practice in Africa and is a celebration of mother earth for who knows how long.)Ever wonder why Christian go to church on Sunday and not the true Sabath? Because every Jewish person goes to temple on Saturday and converts to Christianity had to hide their identity so to not show up at temple on Sat. would cause suspicions, so the early Christians (Catholics) gathered on Sundays in secrecy.
It is not a war, if you want to live in an idiology, move to Iraq.
Whatcha mean "I am not interested in “multiculturalism?”
You use a Confederate General's name as your handle.
You obviously love your southern culture in addition to your American culture.
Multiculturalism is simply letting people be proud of their heritage -- instead of forcing people to forget their ancestors and live by one, mandated way.
BTW, Happy Solstice!
"Oh, you may argue, we are at war with only the fundamentalist Islamic! I beg to differ. This is a war between Islam and Christianity."
This is probably one of the most frightening of all your statements here. The fanatisism is in YOUR remarks. YOUR bible and the constitution of YOUR "Christian country" does not support such a stand.
I read rubbish like this and I am reminded of why the motive behind (radical) Christian ideology is constantly in question.
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