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Sherkaner Underhill wrote:
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:53:06 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq." wrote: "husk" wrote in message ... On Dec 26, 10:04 am, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq." wrote: Negative, I am saying that, as a Christian, I am tasked with not allowing my religion to be secularized, liberalized and *******ized by accepting the language the anti-religious or non-religious use to usurp and marginalize my religion. -- Gregory Hall Maybe I live in a different culture than you do Greg, but where I live Christian are fighting to maintain the Merry Christmas greeting. Go to a grocery or departent store, run by a big chain, and one does not hear a Merry Christmas greeting from the staff. Even when you give them a Merry Christmas and they attend the same church as you, they are reluctant to respond back the same due to pressure from their bosses to be PC. I have talked to Jews and Muslims on this matter and they are not offended by the Merry Christmas greeting as in their opinion it is polite to wish someone of another religion merriment in their religious celebrations, just as I will wish Happy Hanakah , or Happy Eid to Jews and Muslims. What is wrong is the exclusion of any mention of the beliefs of others in secular society. It is only polite to offer another good wishes on the eve of their religious occasion. We shouldn't take offence when offered such greeting and we shouldn't feel uncomfortable in giving the greeting. The words of the greeting matter not unless the words are an attempt at nutralizing the religion in the event. Since the word "Christmas" is in "Merry Christmas" and Holy is in "Happy Holidays", one should not get all wrapped up in the meaning each individual takes. If you say Happy Holidays, or Merry Christmas to me I interpret that as a religious greeting. It matters not that the sender or the greeting may not, it is how it is interpretted that matters. What upsets me is when corporations deny their employees the right to say , "Merry Christmas." One should not take offence to being wished Merry Christmas any more than if I were mistaken for a Jew and be wished Happy Hanakah. =================[REPLY]===================== But the word they are trying to suppress is not the word, merry. It is the word Christmas because Christmas is a religious-based word. I can guarantee if people went around saying, "Satanic Salutations" these anti-religious liberals would be ALL FOR that. There would be NO mention of trying to suppress that expression in public. There would be no mention of separation of church and state. See the difference? The agenda is to mock and belittle Christianity. With a spokesman such as yourself there is no need for an "agenda". There is no need to "mock and belittle Christianity", people just observe you and say "Jesus Tap Dancing Christ! I don't want to end up like that guy'. Greg is the kind of "Christian" that gives Christianity a bad name. -- Greg's wrong guesses so far: Aratzio Spooge MAABOF Vince Deco Mike/Bill (?) Johnny Dollar |
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