Random Holiday Annoyances
Dec. 5th, 2007 02:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgI never thought I'd have to say this.
I am getting damn tired of Christmas celebrations, mentions - whathaveyou - gingerly side-stepping the whole Christianity issue. Like, as in, this originated as a religious holiday?
Just - don't say it. Don't even mention it.
I blame nutjobs like this one.
You can't be Christian and intelligent. Oh, hell no. You can't be Christian and believe science really does explain things truthfully (Huckabee is saying much the same thing and he scares me. I just don't trust anyone making a point of their faith to get the OK stamp from the Republican party. Not anymore.).
Like - it's okay to be STUPID. No, wait. You MUST BE.
*facesmacks*
Then Peter began to speak to them: "I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all."
- Acts 10:34-36
I got that yesterday in Sojo.net email - so I went out and found the entire chapter.
You can go check the entire chapter too, if you like. The site has every version, so no favorites.
If the twit read her bible, would she be such a total TOOL?
Honestly.
Christmas is remembering when hope came. When truth came. Is it entirely accurate, and not co-opted/combined with existing winter solstice festivals? Come on. (You can find out more about the figures mentioned - the actual people mentioned left quite a trail behind them.)
Guys. Christ was one of the good guys. The liberal to end all liberals. To completely leave Him out of everything, because, well, His followers are making your head hurt...is getting noticeable. (The Shrek Holiday thing is the most obvious to me right now. Remember how very nicely you could fit the Christmas story into the old Peanuts special and be pretty matter-of-fact about it?) The message was one of peace...in a world that thrived on violence and hatred. Kinda of like the one we have running the place right now.
Lord of All wants peace. Pretty simple stuff, you ask me.
Celebrating that by mentioning it during the season we mark its beginning isn't wrong.
You just mention Christianity and people lose their minds and think about other things - that's the wrong.
Christianity was never intended to replace - without supplementing what was. It has nothing to do with Jesus Horses, creationism (welcome to WHAT), the King James version as anything but period literature and every other bit of STUPID the public at large has to put up with.
I think Matthew 5:17 would have shut that twit up.
Meanwhile, Merry Christmas. And I hope you're enjoying a good Hanukkah (that's the spelling this year and I'm sticking to it).
I'll also say this again - every belief system more than a few months old, that wants to survive, is going to make sure of it by defining themselves in some fashion as Other and Special. Watch for it.
Look for the commonalities - that's where God is. (Yay Yule.)
I am getting damn tired of Christmas celebrations, mentions - whathaveyou - gingerly side-stepping the whole Christianity issue. Like, as in, this originated as a religious holiday?
Just - don't say it. Don't even mention it.
I blame nutjobs like this one.
You can't be Christian and intelligent. Oh, hell no. You can't be Christian and believe science really does explain things truthfully (Huckabee is saying much the same thing and he scares me. I just don't trust anyone making a point of their faith to get the OK stamp from the Republican party. Not anymore.).
Like - it's okay to be STUPID. No, wait. You MUST BE.
*facesmacks*
Then Peter began to speak to them: "I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all."
- Acts 10:34-36
I got that yesterday in Sojo.net email - so I went out and found the entire chapter.
You can go check the entire chapter too, if you like. The site has every version, so no favorites.
If the twit read her bible, would she be such a total TOOL?
Honestly.
Christmas is remembering when hope came. When truth came. Is it entirely accurate, and not co-opted/combined with existing winter solstice festivals? Come on. (You can find out more about the figures mentioned - the actual people mentioned left quite a trail behind them.)
Guys. Christ was one of the good guys. The liberal to end all liberals. To completely leave Him out of everything, because, well, His followers are making your head hurt...is getting noticeable. (The Shrek Holiday thing is the most obvious to me right now. Remember how very nicely you could fit the Christmas story into the old Peanuts special and be pretty matter-of-fact about it?) The message was one of peace...in a world that thrived on violence and hatred. Kinda of like the one we have running the place right now.
Lord of All wants peace. Pretty simple stuff, you ask me.
Celebrating that by mentioning it during the season we mark its beginning isn't wrong.
You just mention Christianity and people lose their minds and think about other things - that's the wrong.
Christianity was never intended to replace - without supplementing what was. It has nothing to do with Jesus Horses, creationism (welcome to WHAT), the King James version as anything but period literature and every other bit of STUPID the public at large has to put up with.
I think Matthew 5:17 would have shut that twit up.
Meanwhile, Merry Christmas. And I hope you're enjoying a good Hanukkah (that's the spelling this year and I'm sticking to it).
I'll also say this again - every belief system more than a few months old, that wants to survive, is going to make sure of it by defining themselves in some fashion as Other and Special. Watch for it.
Look for the commonalities - that's where God is. (Yay Yule.)
