Merry Christmas! vs. Happy Holidays! (compare, claim, minorities, society)

[Aconite]

Originally Posted by greatday

Those who are not religious are, in effect, trying to stifle the rights of those who are religious from FREELY exercising their religion every time they try to putting up CHRISTMAS trees - or not allowing CHRISTMAS parties - etc -

Well, no.
Your religion does not require you to put up nativity scenes on the town square, or to post the Big Ten in the local 4th grade classroom.
The only thing that's being regulated is location, not expression, and certainly not faith itself.
If you're living somewhere where nativity scenes are forbidden on your own property, it's likely you chose poorly when you moved to an area with a strict HOA, and nothing more sinister than that.

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by yeledaf

on the contrary, the suits and harrassment are almost exclusively aimed at those of us who do....

bingo!!!!!

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by Aconite

Well, no.
Your religion does not require you to put up nativity scenes on the town square, or to post the Big Ten in the local 4th grade classroom.
The only thing that's being regulated is location, not expression, and certainly not faith itself.
If you're living somewhere where nativity scenes are forbidden on your own property, it's likely you chose poorly when you moved to an area with a strict HOA, and nothing more sinister than that.

I'm talking PUBLIC property - like City Hall, Library etc - not private property

[Aconite]

Originally Posted by gizmo980

Not on a national/citizen level, or I think I'd know about that! Christmas is the only religious holiday EVERYONE gets off, EVERYTHING is closed (with the exception of food/necessities), and all salaried people get paid for not working. I know the government has never established a national religion, but it's pretty clear who is in charge here... and yet they say my people run the country, LOL.

LMAO! Only the media, Gizmo.

[Aconite]

Originally Posted by Greatday

I'm talking PUBLIC property - like City Hall, Library etc - not private property

Yes, Great, I addressed that.
Tell me where in the Bible you're commanded to put big plastic baby Jesuses on the village square, and I might agree that free and appropriate exercise of your faith is being abridged.
I do seem to remember Christ saying something about ostentatious display of one's faith, but I don't suppose that's where you were wanting to go...?

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by Aconite

Yes, Great, I addressed that.
Tell me where in the Bible you're commanded to put big plastic baby Jesuses on the village square, and I might agree that free and appropriate exercise of your faith is being abridged.

Who said "commanded"?

How about "want to"?

[tripleespresso]

Hannukah is a minor Jewish holiday, however it was upgraded in stature by Jews solely to compete with Christmas. Jews can never stop attacking Christians and their cultures in the West. It's a time honored Leftist jewish tradition!

Imagine during the Jewish Holy Week (Yom Kippur & Rosh Shoshana sp?) that the Catholics decided to elevate a saint's feast day to high proportions. And do so only to COMPETE and OBSCURE the Jewish holidays in comparison.

That's the situation here folks.

[Theliberalvoice]

Originally Posted by tripleespresso

Hannukah is a minor Jewish holiday, however it was upgraded in stature by Jews solely to compete with Christmas.

Just like Yuletide was "upgraded" by the Christians to compete.

By celebrating "Christmas", you are actually celebrating a Pagan Holiday.

[Aconite]

Originally Posted by Greatday

Who said "commanded"?

How about "want to"?

Here's a newsflash, Great-- you don't get to do everything you want, just because you want to.
Welcome to Adulthood.

[tripleespresso]

Originally Posted by Theliberalvoice

Just like Yuletide was "upgraded" by the Christians to compete.

By celebrating "Christmas", you are actually celebrating a Pagan Holiday.

You are comparing something that was done 2,000 years ago, to Jewish conduct in 20th Century America? Why can't Jews let Christians have their holiday? Nobody interferes with their Holy Week and Passover.

Good post though.

The War on Christmas doesn't involve Blacks or Hispanics (who are mostly Christian, and those that aren't are not hostile to it), it doesn't involve Muslims (who would never be so crass), so who does that leave to hate Christmas and war against it?

There was no War on Christmas in the United States ever, until the Jews arrived here from Russia in the early 20th Century, and then the marxist and anti-White hate ideology they brought with them started making its way into changing American life.