If you went to an other country and wanted to buy a souvenir of the country, would you be one made in China? Probably not, at least I wouldn't.
So that brings me to the subject.
On sunday we went to visit Ellen & Roy, Dianne & Wayne were there also. The conversation got around to the School Principle in Lakefield saying at Christmas time, that there would be NO Christmas party, it could be a "Holiday party" because of the latest thing about offending other religions. Apparently people got up in arms, figuratively speaking, they didn''t actually get out their hidden GUNS though. The end results were that the Principle was apparently fired as a result and in my humbled opinion, which I seldom express, RIGHTLY SO!!!!
Afterwards I started to ponder, I went Ponder Ponder Ponder a whole bunch of times, then I thought of Sihks being able to wear their turbans and knives because it it a religious right and I thought of Muslems wearing Bhurkas because it is their religious right and I thought of christians not being able to mention Christ or Jesus or Christmas or Christmas Tree etc. etc. because it will offend other religions. I then thought "christians" are STUPID and do not have the right to complain about being surpressed for the sake of other other religions. WHY NOT you say???
Fortunately for you I am here to tell you why not.
The other religious moan, bitch and complain that they shouldn't be exposed to Christianity because it offends their dignity or some gawdamn thing and governments bow down. Christians complain and the government calls them bigots, and "christians" go in a back room and complain.
THEN Christmas or Easter or Thanksgiving rolls around and "christians" rush to the Malls and Plasas and Variety Stores etc. to buy presents from the other religions who are selling "christian" gifts BUT are not offended by the "christian" money.
"CHRISTIANS ARE STUPID"
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You asked for my opinion? Okay so you didn't but I'll give it anyway.
I personally think ALL public expressions of religious faith should be outlawed. In a global society we can't afford our peace to be disrupted with silly religious wars any longer.
What people do in the privacy of their own homes is their business (I suppose we could allow modest privately owned religious structures to allow for group worship, but they would have to be designed to be religious neutral.)
"Imagine"
Hey... it happened when they snuffed out the Celts ... the Romans came in and forced Christianity on them.
They were told, you must do it this way: worship one god, in a church, if you don't do it as you're told, you'll burn in hell.
In order to appease them, while they were "winning them over" they stole some of the Celtic (Druidic) traditions, renamed them.
For example :
The Christmas Tree
The symbol of the Christmas Tree had always been associated with the Christmas season as a centerpiece of celebration. Yet the evergreen and firs that are so revered during the holidays predate "Christ's Mass" thousands of years, going back to the time of the Druids.
The Druids were a priestly sect of the Celtic people that occupied what is now England and France. The Druids worshiped nature, and during the time of the winter solstice, or Yule, the Druids decorated trees, out of doors, with apples and lit candles to give homage to their god Odin. The candles represented the eternal light of their sun god Balter and the apples respented fertility. The Druids were the first known people to decorate trees for a religious purpose.
What goes around comes around.
How about a new holiday for everyone Festivus ... According to Frank Costanza, the Festivus celebration includes three major components:
The Festivus Pole™: The tradition begins with a bare aluminum pole, which Frank praises for its "very high strength-to-weight ratio." During Festivus, an unadorned aluminum pole is displayed, apparently in opposition to the commercialization of highly decorated Christmas trees, and because the holiday's creator, Frank Costanza, "find[s] tinsel distracting." Local customs vary and you may be able to decorate your pole with non-threatening plain decorations, or ordinary green garland.
The Airing of Grievances: At the Festivus dinner, each participant tells friends and family all of the instances where they disappointed him or her that year.
The Feats of Strength: The head of the family tests his or her strength against one participant of the head's choosing. Festivus is not considered over until the head of the family has been pinned to the ground. A participant is allowed to decline to attempt to pin the head of the family only if they have something better to do instead.
Hmmmm ....looks like my commments are longer than your post was! LOL
I should give credit ...
One of the many sites with Christmas tree history is http://www.christmas-tree.com/where.html from which the info in my comments came.
The Festivus stuff is from Seinfeld ... George Costanza's father is Frank ...
The info I posted came from:
http://www.jgbraun.com/festivus_poles.aspx
I believe exactly the opposite of Susan- I think anyone should be allowed, nay- encouraged to express their religious whtevers at any time, and if anyone has a problem with it, they should be shot. Religious wars, my ass. Religion has been a convenient way for rich people to wandangle fanatacism out of uninformed idiots for longer than any other method, and is a great way for said rich people to obtain more oil, land, or authority. Hiding our religious beliefs to avoid that kind of thing would be like the Jews shooting themselves because they offended Hitler's sensibilities.
Rant over. Have a nice day.
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